Avon Center

Salli Shon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Salli received her Master’s in social work at New York University and has over 25 years of experience working with children and families across a broad spectrum of settings comprising foster care, residential treatment facilities, partial hospital programs, outpatient counseling centers and in-home ABA programs. Over 10 years ago, Salli specialized in Autism and pursued a post master’s program in Applied Behavior Analysis. To further hone her skills in understanding and treating Autistic children and adolescents, Salli received training at Cornell Weill Medical Center to conduct the ADOS as part of a diagnostic evaluation protocol. Salli believes that to be effective, a practitioner requires both clinical competencies and empathy. Salli’s current role at Autism Care Partners include regional social work lead, diagnostician, and managing BCBA of the Avon CT center.