Boston Higashi School, Inc.
Advisory Board of Education
School Year 2019-2020
MARGARET L. BAUMAN, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anatomy & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of
Medicine
Child Neurologist, Integrated Center for Child Development
Founding Director of The Lurie Center (formerly LADDERS)
Director, The Autism Research Foundation (TARF); The Autism Research Consortium
(TARC); and the Autism Treatment Network (ATN)
Special Area of Study: Brain Research in Autism
MARIE DUGGAN
Executive Director/Founder, Technology for Autism Now, Inc.
NE Regional Director, U.S. Society of Augmentative & Alternative Communication Users
AAC/AT Independent Contractor/Consultant
PETER H. GARLAND
President, Board of Directors, Boston Higashi School
Member of the Corporation, Boston Higashi School
Member, Board of Directors, New Hampshire Special Needs Support Center
Former Director & Chairman, The Education Cooperative
Former School Committee Chairman, Town of Natick
MARK GREENSTEIN, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics in Genetics & Child Development,
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Special Area of Study: Communication & Developmental Disorders
ROY RICHARD GRINKER, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology & International Affairs
Director of George Washington University Institute of Ethnographic Research
Author, lecturer
LEE GROSSMAN
CEO, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
Executive Director, American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)
President & CEO, Advance Enterprises,LLC
Managing Director, The Forum Institute P2i Project
Former President & CEO, Autism Society of America & Publisher of Autism Advocate
Journal
Member, Data & Safety Monitoring Board, National Institutes of Health
JEROME KAGAN, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Harvard University
Special Area of Study: Development of Cognitive & Emotional Behaviors in Children
JOSEPH KEEFE, Ed.D.
Former Executive Director, Mass. Organization of Educational Collaboratives
Past Superintendent, Natick Public Schools
Former Executive Director, Walnut Hill School
Former Member of the Corporation, Boston Higashi School
President & Secretary, Morse Institute Library, Natick
THOMAS M. LAGRASTA, Ed.D.
Former Superintendent, Sharon Public Schools
Former Special Education Director, Milton Public Schools
ANNE S. LARKIN
Co-Leader Kennedy-Longfellow/Lesley University Partnership
Professor Emeritus, Lesley University School of Education
Director, “Say Yes to Education”
Co-founder, “PALS” (Personal Advocacy & Lifetime Support)
Member of the Corporation, Boston Higashi School
Special Area of Study: Research Specializing in Autism, Facilitated Communication,
School Restructuring, and Inclusion
STEPHEN H. MOTT, M.D.
Developmental Cognitive Neurologist, The Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental
Disorders, University of California Irvine
Former Medical Director, Child Development Program, Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-
Hitchcock Medical Center
Special Area of Study: Developmental Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology
JOHN J. RATEY, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Author of Driven to Distraction; Spark-The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise
And the Brain and Go Wild
Voted "2016 Outstanding Psychiatrist of the Year" by the Massachusetts Psychiatric
Society
Adjunct Professor at National Taiwan Sports University & Reebok’s Ambassador for
Active Kids
Special Area of Study: Neuropsychiatry, the Brain-Fitness Connection
ANN S. ROBERTS, Ph.D.
Consulting Clinical Psychologist, Boston Higashi School
Former Director of Clinical Services, Boston Higashi School
SUSAN SENATOR
Author of Making Peace with Autism: One Family’s Story of Struggle, Discovery and
Unexpected Gifts; The Autism Mom’s Survival Guide: Creating a Balanced and Happy
Life While Raising a Child with Autism; and Dirt: A Story about Gardening, Mothering and
Other Messy Business
Member of the Massachusetts Autism Commission
STEPHEN SHORE, Ed.D.
Author of Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome;
Understanding Autism for Dummies; and College for Students with Disabilities
Editor and Contributor to Ask and Tell: Self-Advocacy and Disclosure for People on
the Autism Spectrum
Member, Board of Directors, Autism Speaks – National Division
President Emeritus, Asperger’s Association of New England
Member, Advisory Board, Autism Society of America – National Division
Professor of Special Education at Adelphi University
International consultant, presenter, and researcher on autism spectrum issues throughout
the lifespan
HELEN TAGER-FLUSBERG, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Autism Research Excellence, Boston University
Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Science, Boston University
Specialist in Language, Cognitive & Social Functioning of Autism, and Other Neuro-
Developmental Disorders
MARIA TROZZI, M.Ed.
Executive Director, Joanna’s Place
Assistant Professor of Developmental Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine
Director, Good Grief Program at Boston Medical Center
Consultant, Child Development Unit at Children’s Hospital
Author, psychotherapist, lecturer and consultant
DIANE D. TWACHTMAN-CULLEN, Ph.D., CCC/SLP
Executive Director, Autism & Developmental Disabilities Consultation Center, LLC
Editor-in-Chief, Autism Spectrum Quarterly
Communication Disorders Specialist and Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist
Specializing in Autism