Alicia Honn

Alicia Honn has been working with children with Developmental Disabilities since she was 15 years old. After answering an advertisement in a local newspaper she began working as a paraprofessional in San Diego with the Association for Retarded Citizens. Ms. Honn continued working with ARC while living in Chico and earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in Rehabilitation Therapy from Chico State University in 1986. Ms. Honn went on to work as a Rehabilitation Therapist at the Sonoma Developmental Center for nine years, during which time she realized that her true love was in special education for children. After completing her Master's Degree at Sonoma State University, Ms. Honn earned several teaching credentials which she currently maintains in her role as ACE Sonoma High School Director and Master Teacher at the ACE Sonoma School. Ms. Honn has worked in a number of capacities in education prior to her 13 years at Anova including SDC teacher at Children’s Day Treatment Center, Behavior Analyst for a local agency, and full-inclusion case manager for a public school district. Ms. Honn has emerged from these experiences as a highly skilled and extremely effective educator and mentor of children. As the first teacher at the ACE School, Ms. Honn was instrumental in developing the curriculum and classroom management models being implemented and has played a large role in the success of the program.