Clinical Staff

Frank Hernandez, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist Provider

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Mrs. Helen R. Cristaldi is a licensed speech and language pathologist in Massachusetts who has 37 years experience as a clinician, evaluator, supervisor and consultant. She has had 26 years experience working in a school setting. Mrs. Cristaldi worked for the Haverhill Public Schools from 1975 to 1989 as an itinerant speech therapist working with children in preschool up to grade 12. For the past 10 years she has been employed by the Lawrence Public Schools as a citywide evaluator and supervisor. She specializes in evaluating monolingual and bilingual children of all ages who have an array of communication disorders. In addition, Mrs. Cristaldi has also had considerable experience working in the home care therapeutic setting. From 1989 to 2004 she was head pediatric speech pathologist for the Visiting Nurse Association Care Network, Inc. in Danvers, Massachusetts. From 2009 to 2011, Mrs. Cristaldi also worked for Excella Home Care Agency in Amesbury, Massachusetts where she was responsible for evaluating, diagnosing and providing speech therapy to adults residing in Assisted Living facilities in the Northshore region.