Help Hope Solutions Founder Cristina Busu Announces Curriculum Built to Support Children with Behavioral Disorders

Help Hope Solutions announces the release of the first part of a comprehensive teaching curriculum created by founder Cristina Busu, marking a milestone shaped by more than two decades of clinical experience. The curriculum, which has been in development for years and refined intensively in recent months, is designed to offer practitioners structured, practical guidance for supporting children with autism and other developmental challenges. The first part is expected to be released soon, with Busu already working on the second installment.

As a clinician and leader who has worked closely with families, Busu recognized that certain developmental skills were often underrepresented in available materials. "We don't have many resources that focus on reciprocation and initiation," she says. "Those skills are essential for long-term communication, and I wanted to create something that offered clear, teachable steps." Her observations, gathered across years of hands-on work, laid the foundation for what would eventually become a multi-volume curriculum.

The curriculum is based on three behavioral classes: conceptualization, reciprocation, and initiation. While conceptualization, learning labels, answering questions, and absorbing social information have traditionally received the most attention, Busu explains that reciprocation and initiation often determine whether a child can meaningfully participate in conversations and interactions. Reciprocation involves responding with something different rather than repeating what others say, while initiation focuses on a child's ability to start a conversation or make a request.

Busu designed the curriculum so that each lesson can stand alone. Every module includes prerequisites, instructions, prompts, and implementation strategies. This allows practitioners to open to any page and begin teaching immediately, as long as the learner meets the prerequisites. The structure mirrors her approach at Help Hope Solutions, where therapy is broken down into specific, attainable goals that support long-term progress. "I wanted someone to be able to open the book on any page and know exactly what to do," she explains. "Clear steps make it easier to teach and easier for children to understand."

One of the challenges in creating the curriculum was capturing the complexity of how developmental skills interact. Busu emphasizes that development rarely happens in isolated clusters; instead, skills in cognition, social engagement, language, and motor development often influence each other. Her framework reflects this reality, treating behavioral classes as interconnected gears that support one another. She aims to give professionals a clearer way to identify where a child might be struggling and how best to support them.

The work behind the curriculum has been extensive. Busu has accumulated material over many years, but formalizing it into a teachable system required months of concentrated effort. She explains the process as both demanding and deeply meaningful. "It definitely feels like an achievement," she says. "It's like creating something that will be there for people to refer to whenever they need it."

Busu hopes the curriculum becomes a tool that clinicians can not only use but also contribute to over time. She envisions a resource that continues to grow as different practitioners bring their own perspectives, experiences, and teaching styles. "Everyone has something valuable to add," she notes. "My hope is that people will use it with the same enthusiasm I had when putting it together."

With the first section nearing release and the second already in development, Help Hope Solutions moves into a new phase of supporting children with developmental delays. The curriculum reflects Busu's long-held belief that progress becomes possible when knowledge is shared, and when teaching is built on clarity, structure, and genuine understanding.