People news: Kelberman Center hires Welchons as senior psychologist

UTICA, N.Y. — The Kelberman Center, an affiliate of Upstate Cerebral Palsy, announced it has hired Leah Welchons as senior psychologist.

Dr. Welchons joins the clinical staff of the Kelberman Center after previously serving as attending psychologist in the Developmental Medicine Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and as an instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School.

In addition to her clinical work at Boston Children’s, Welchons also chaired a committee to provide training on Autism Spectrum Disorders for hospital staff, according to a news release from the Kelberman Center.

The Kelberman Center, which is headquartered in Utica and has an office in Syracuse, says it’s a regional center for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Its services include evaluation and diagnosis, individualized education and services, social and life skills enhancement, and training and research.

In her role as senior psychologist, Dr. Welchons provides diagnostic evaluations to patients and clinical-case support to Kelberman Center staff. This summer, Welchons will transfer her services to the new Kelberman Center clinical offices at 2608 Genesee St. in Utica, according to the release.

Welchons received her doctoral degree from Syracuse University and completed her internship at the May Institute in Randolph, Massachusetts. She finished a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Developmental Medicine Center at Boston Children’s Hospital before joining the staff there.

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