Bloomer Helen

Helen Bloomer BCBA is the founder of Aspire Programs, a new centre for children with autism, and formerly founder and the executive director of Crossroads Centres for Children. She also works as a consultant, and includes The Red Door as one of her clients.

Ms. Bloomer was trained and affiliated for ten years at the Children's Unit for Treatment and Evaluation at SUNY Binghamton under the direction of Dr.  Raymond Romanczyk.  Ms. Bloomer has done extensive work in the field of autism and applied behaviour analysis, co-authoring and presenting at numerous conferences, nationally and internationally.  In addition, she produced the training video series "Bridges" which has helped families and educators throughout the world.

Ms. Bloomer has been a member of the executive board for the New York State Association for Behaviour Analysis (NYSABA) for approximately 10 years.  She is the current president and previously has served in many positions including President, Member at Large, etc. Ms. Bloomer was a peer reviewer for the New York State Department of Health clinical practice guidelines for autism/pervasive developmental disorders.