Josefa Ben-Arieh earned an undergraduate degree in English language and linguistics from Ben-Gurion University, Israel, in 1978. In 1998 she earned an MSEd from the University of Kansas in special education and a PhD in 2003. Her area of expertise is autism and behavior disorders.
Helen Miller is currently holding the position of the autism coordinator in her school district. In this capacity, she encourages research-based programming and provides training and consultation services to the teachers and paraeducators who work with students with autism. For over 20 years, she served many students with communication delays, including those with autism. She has presented on numerous autism-related topics to university students, parents, and educators, and, as a regional autism consultant for Kansas, Miller assists school teams across the state. Miller's training is in speech language pathology from Kansas State University and in autism and education leadership from the… University of Kansas.