Sunbird ABA team in Arapahoe County — serving you
ABA therapy in Arapahoe County, Colorado: autism therapy for kids, at home or daycare
Our team comes to families across Arapahoe County — home to about 655,709 people and 150,051 children, from Littleton to the smallest town — with one-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy at home or daycare. Our team inArapahoe County is serving every community in the county, listed below.
Autism services in Arapahoe County at a glance
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 655,709
- Children under 18
- 150,051
- Children under 5
- 38,128
- Kids likely on the spectrum (CDC 1-in-31 estimate)
- ≈ 4,800
- Kids under 6 with every parent working
- 67%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready)
- 94%
- Kids covered only by a public plan
- 28%
- Kids with no health coverage
- 6.4%
- Median household income
- $97,215
- County seat
- Littleton
- Land area
- 798 sq mi
- Communities with a page
- 22
- Public school districts
- 7
- Your Sunbird team in Arapahoe County
- Serving you
- Sunbird services here
- Home · Daycare · Video
Sources: Census ACS 2023 5-year estimates; Census ZIP-code relationship files; NCES school-district data. The autism figure applies the CDC’s 1-in-31 estimate — a planning number, not a count. Miles are straight-line.
ABA therapy in every Arapahoe County community
Each community below has its own page with local numbers, schools, ZIP codes and nearby towns. Our team serves every one of them.
| Community | Residents | Kids under 18 | ZIP codes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABA therapy in Aurora | 390,201 | 94,819 | 80010, 80011, 80012… |
| ABA therapy in Centennial | 107,386 | 23,793 | 80015, 80016, 80111… |
| ABA therapy in Littleton | 45,092 | 8,348 | 80120, 80122, 80123… |
| ABA therapy in Englewood | 33,774 | 5,211 | 80110, 80113 |
| ABA therapy in Four Square Mileunincorporated | 21,788 | 4,224 | 80231, 80247 |
| ABA therapy in Greenwood Village | 15,485 | 3,204 | 80111, 80112, 80121 |
| ABA therapy in Cherry Creekunincorporated | 11,011 | 2,870 | 80111 |
| ABA therapy in Cherry Hills Village | 6,366 | 1,727 | 80111, 80113, 80121 |
| ABA therapy in Sheridan | 6,031 | 1,461 | 80110, 80236 |
| ABA therapy in Dove Valleyunincorporated | 5,313 | 1,243 | 80112 |
| ABA therapy in Glendale | 4,546 | 368 | 80246 |
| ABA therapy in Strasburgunincorporated | 3,249 | 929 | 80136 |
| ABA therapy in Invernessunincorporated | 3,088 | 355 | 80112 |
| ABA therapy in Holly Hillsunincorporated | 2,652 | 556 | 80222 |
| ABA therapy in Byersunincorporated | 1,804 | 556 | 80103 |
| ABA therapy in Columbine Valley | 2,084 | 476 | 80123 |
| ABA therapy in Deer Trail | 1,180 | 340 | 80105 |
| ABA therapy in Aetna Estatesunincorporated | 1,177 | 230 | 80018 |
| ABA therapy in Watkinsunincorporated | 1,087 | 189 | 80102, 80137 |
| ABA therapy in Bow Mar | 1,003 | 267 | 80123 |
| ABA therapy in Foxfield | 739 | 126 | 80016 |
| ABA therapy in Comanche Creekunincorporated | 389 | 13 | 80136 |
Smaller places, too: we also serve families in Brick Center, Peoria — no community is too small for in-home visits and telehealth.
What ABA therapy looks like across Arapahoe County
Arapahoe County is home to about 655,709 people spread over 798 square miles (roughly 822 people per square mile) — a mix of suburbs, smaller towns and open country. In-home ABA fits that pattern well: sessions come to your neighborhood rather than asking you to drive across the county. The county seat is Littleton.
When you call from Arapahoe County, you're matched with our team that serves your area. They come to your home or daycare, and your BCBA checks in by video between sessions.
A typical plan starts with a BCBA assessment at home, then regular one-on-one sessions with an ABA therapist — a trained behavior technician — working from goals your BCBA wrote for your child. You are part of it, too: parent training is built in, because the skills have to work at dinner time, not just during a session. Curious who does what? See who is on your child's team.
Autism therapy for kids and families in Arapahoe County
Arapahoe County is home to about 150,000 kids under 18 — about 38,000 of them younger than 5 — according to the Census Bureau's latest five-year estimates. The CDC estimates that about 1 in 31 children is autistic. Applied here, that is roughly 4,840 children across Arapahoe County who may be on the spectrum — many of them not yet diagnosed.
Most parents notice something before anyone else does. If you're wondering about your little one, start with the M-CHAT screening explained, or read the signs at age 2. And if you already have a gut feeling, here's what to do next.
School-age kids benefit too — ABA can target the things that make the school day and evenings hard: transitions, communication, self-care, and handling frustration. Read how ABA and speech therapy work together, and our honest take on whether ABA is harmful.
In-home, daycare or telehealth ABA in Arapahoe County
About 67% of children under 6 across Arapahoe County live in homes where every parent works. For a lot of families here, the hours that matter are daycare hours — so we offer daycare-based ABA support, where your child's ABA therapist works alongside the daycare routine, plus in-home sessions for evenings and the skills that belong at home.
About 94% of households across Arapahoe County have broadband, so telehealth is easy here: BCBA check-ins and parent coaching by video, on top of in-person sessions — never as a substitute for them.
ABA therapy, schools and IEPs in Arapahoe County
Arapahoe County has 7 public school districts. The largest are Cherry Creek School District (about 52,000 students across 70 schools), Aurora Public Schools (about 38,000 students across 61 schools), Littleton School District No. 6 (about 13,000 students across 22 schools), Byers School District No. 32J (about 5,700 students across 10 schools), Englewood School District No. 1 (about 2,400 students across 9 schools), Sheridan School District No. 2 (about 1,100 students across 5 schools), and Deer Trail School District No. 26J (about 325 students across 2 schools).
Already working with your school team? Good — bring that IEP or evaluation to us. Your BCBA can shape home goals that support what's happening at school, so your child hears the same expectations in both places.
Communities across Arapahoe County
The biggest communities in Arapahoe County are Aurora (390,201 people), Centennial (107,386 people), Littleton (45,092 people), and Englewood (33,774 people). Together they hold about 88% of the county's children — the rest live in smaller towns and out in the county, where in-home visits matter most.
Arapahoe County borders Denver County, Jefferson County, Adams County, Douglas County, Elbert County, Lincoln County, and Washington County. Families near a county line are often closer to a town on the other side — that's fine; we serve both.
Paying for ABA therapy across Arapahoe County
Families across Arapahoe County pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that across Arapahoe County, about 28% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 6.4% have no coverage at all — the rest mostly have insurance through a parent's job or a plan they bought.
Whatever card is in your wallet, the first step is the same: send us a photo and we check your ABA benefits directly with your plan — free. You get a plain-English answer about what's covered and what you'd owe, usually within a business day. Most Colorado families pay little or nothing once benefits are confirmed.
More detail: paying for ABA therapy, our insurance page, and will insurance pay for ABA?
How to start ABA therapy in Arapahoe County, step by step
From first call to first session, here's the path for Arapahoe County families. (More detail on our getting-started page.)
- Call or send the short form — include your ZIP code (80010, 80011, 80012, 80013 and others are in Arapahoe County). A real person — not a phone tree — calls back, usually the same business day.
- Free benefit check. Send a photo of your insurance card; we verify ABA coverage with your plan and explain it in plain English.
- Diagnosis in hand — or not yet. If you still need an evaluation, we'll help you book one. If you have the report, here are the first steps after a diagnosis.
- BCBA assessment at your home in Arapahoe County. A BCBA from the team that serves Arapahoe County meets your child where they're most comfortable and writes goals with you.
- Therapy starts. Your child's ABA therapist begins one-on-one sessions at home or daycare, and you get parent coaching along the way. Read how to prepare for session one.
ABA therapy by ZIP code in Arapahoe County
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 80010
- 80011
- 80012
- 80013
- 80014
- 80015
- 80016
- 80017
- 80018
- 80102
- 80103
- 80105
- 80110
- 80111
- 80112
- 80113
- 80120
- 80121
- 80122
- 80123
- 80136
- 80137
- 80231
- 80246
- 80247
No diagnosis yet? Start there — we’ll help.
Lots of families reach out before any evaluation — that is a fine place to start, wherever you are in Arapahoe County. We’ll help you understand the signs, book a diagnostic evaluation in Colorado, and line up coverage so therapy can start as soon as the diagnosis is in hand.
ABA therapy in Arapahoe County: questions parents ask
Does insurance cover ABA therapy across Arapahoe County?
Do you have an ABA team in Arapahoe County?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from Arapahoe County?
How many children across Arapahoe County might be autistic?
Which school districts are in Arapahoe County?
What ZIP codes do you serve across Arapahoe County?
Is telehealth ABA realistic across Arapahoe County?
Do you also serve towns near Arapahoe County?
How fast can we start across Arapahoe County?
Find an ABA therapist in Arapahoe County: one short call
Tell us where you are and what you’re seeing. An intake advocate calls back — usually the same business day — with your coverage answer and an honest start timeline for your part of Colorado.
ABA therapy in neighboring counties
Straight-line distance between county centers.
ABA therapy around Aurora
Arapahoe County is part of the area our Aurora team covers. More on what that team offers:
School districts in Arapahoe County
Every school in the district, the neighborhoods it serves, and how home ABA works with your child’s IEP.
Ready to talk about your child?
Families across Arapahoe County and the rest of Colorado start with one short call. Yours can too.