Dr. Amy Titone is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who has over 35 years of experience with students who have challenging and explosive behavior. She is the Founder and CEO of Compassionate Behavior Solutions, an agency that provides training and behavior consultation to schools and families who work with children with explosive behavior.

Amy has a Master’s degree in special education and obtained her Doctoral degree in Applied Behavior Analysis at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Her dissertation studied a program she developed called Rage to Reason which demonstrated remarkable results in the school setting. 

She is also the founder of The Center for Autism Education, a not-for-profit school for children and adults with both developmental disabilities and emotional disorders. She is the author of several books including, Behavior Mapping, A Visual Strategy for Teaching Appropriate Behavior to Children with Autism and Related Disorders which is now translated into nine different languages. Her second publication, Rage to Reason: Behavior Intervention for the Treatment of Explosive Behavior in Children with Emotional Disorders, is used in schools across the US and Canada.

Amy presents at conferences and workshops worldwide. She has worked with professionals in the school setting across the US, China and Canada. As a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, Amy taught coursework in Autism Studies and Applied Behavior Analysis for the master’s program in special education and BCBA certification.

She is the mother of an incredible young man who also struggles with an anxiety disorder and had many mental health concerns while attending middle school and high school. Her work as a BCBA and mother of a child with a mental illness was part of her inspiration to create Rage to Reason. The program has shown remarkable results using the principles of ABA to reduces explosive behavior in children in both the school setting and the home environment. (Click here to hear her story)

Amy’s current passion includes her newest work teaching others how to address mental health needs to meet their goals and become the extraordinary humans they were born to be. Many of her training courses include teaching Psychological Flexibility to both children and adults, which shows remarkable results in addressing anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and many other mental health disorders.

Disruptive Behaviors

Disruptive Behavior in the classroom and home setting can make things difficult for everyone involved. Students may have refusals to do work and behavior that disrupts the classroom setting. Aggression, property destruction, running from staff, inappropriate language and disrespectful behavior are all problem behaviors that we help to reduce while teaching new social skills to replace them!

Mental Health Support

Mental illness is often viewed as an adult problem, but the reality is that children can also suffer from conditions like anxiety, depression, and ADHD. In fact, one in five kids will experience a mental health disorder at some point in their lives. childhood mental illness has received more attention in recent years, but there is still a lot of work to be done in terms of education and awareness. Many people still don't realize how common childhood mental illness is, or how serious it can be. Luckily, there are organizations devoted to raising awareness and providing support to families affected by mental illness. By working together, we can help break the stigma and make sure that every child gets the help they need.