Welcome to Becoming Butterflies:Anna-Maria Macone is highly trained in behavior modification techniques (specifically ABA-Applied Behavior Analysis) with 11 years experience working with children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Butterflies

A child is a butterfly in the wind,
Some can fly higher than others;
but each one flies the best it can.
Why compare one against the other?
Each one is different…
Each one is special…
Each one is beautiful…

Unknown Artist

Testimonials

When Anna began working with our son he had a language delay, inconsistent eye contact and a six month global delay. Our son was diagnosed at the age of two with PDD-NOS. It has been very painful and overwhelming ever since but Anna has given us hope and encouragement throughout the way. In less than a year our son has changed dramatically. He is now 3 years old and the progress he has made in just one year is unbelievable. Anna's love, dedication and unique skills have made learning easy for our child. She has truly made a difference in our son's; life and we owe it all to her hard work and belief that a child can achieve his/her full potential.

Anna Maria started working with our son 3 years ago, when it was first noted by his teachers that he did not socialize with other children, could not maintain his attention in school and was struggling academically. We later discovered that he is considered to have high functioning autism. Since she started working with our son, he has really flourished. Despite his ongoing challenges, he has developed the social skills to allow him to make friends and his attention span is now long enough to help him learn and keep up academically. Anna helped us work with his school to modify programs that would work better for our son and has used different techniques and tools to help him address both his learning and social challenges. We see the progress every week and the impact on his self esteem is unquestionable, he is no longer the timid child fearful of going to school. Anna uses everything at her disposal to bring out the best in every child she works with. Her commitment to the children she works with and their families goes far beyond that of the average therapist. She is truly driven by a unique passion to help children with challenges be the best that they can be, true to her butterfly analogy. I will certainly never forget what she has done for our family!

Our son was diagnosed with mild-moderate autism in 2005. We hired Anna Fall of last year, and in only small amount of time we witnessed a tremendous improvement in several arenas - his communication skills, interpersonal skills, concentration and pretend play. Not only has she created incredible, meaningful programs for him which, focused specifically on his particular needs, but she also continues to upgrade and enhance his programs as he grows and acquires these new skills. With her help we can now have short conversations, something merely a year ago was simply not possible. Through her knowledge and tireless dedication Anna has opened a whole new world to our son and for this alone we are forever in her debt.

Anna Maria started working with our family over 5 years ago to help us desperately turn around some very difficult and challenging behaviors in our (at that time) 11yr Autistic son. She was able, with her ABA background; dramatically change our son's behaviors and life to a complete turnaround to the positive. She started with our son when he was in Grade 5, and was able to work within the school environment and privately to effectively make our son higher functioning and happy again. Our son is now 16yrs old and is starting Grade 10 this year. She has been invaluable to our family as far as support and understanding various techniques to assist us with our son. At same time provide our son with a sense of meaning and self esteem and be able to adapt in a regular life setting.

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