Sunbird ABA team in Centennial — serving you
ABA therapy in Centennial, Colorado: autism therapy for kids, at home or daycare
Centennial is one of Colorado's bigger communities, home to about 107,386 people in Arapahoe County, and our ABA team in the Centennial area is here serving you. One-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy comes to your home or daycare — for the 23,793 kids who live here, not a far-off clinic.
Autism services in Centennial at a glance
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 107,386
- Children under 18
- 23,793
- Children under 5
- 5,599
- Kids likely on the spectrum (CDC 1-in-31 estimate)
- ≈ 770
- Kids under 6 with every parent working
- 71%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready)
- 96%
- Kids covered only by a public plan
- 9.5%
- Kids with no health coverage
- 2.7%
- Median household income
- $128,167
- Your Sunbird team in Centennial
- Serving you
- Sunbird services here
- Home · Daycare · Video
- ZIP codes
- 6
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.
What ABA therapy looks like in Centennial
Centennial in Arapahoe County is a big, busy place: about 107,386 people on 30 square miles, roughly 3,556 people per square mile. With that many families close together, in-home ABA is practical here — your child's ABA therapist comes to your door instead of adding a commute to your week.
When you call from Centennial, 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.
Here's what ABA usually looks like in practice: your BCBA observes your child at home and writes a plan, an ABA therapist runs the day-to-day sessions, and you get coaching so progress carries over between visits. How many hours a week? That depends on your child — our guide to how many hours of ABA explains how that gets decided.
Autism therapy for young children in Centennial
Centennial is home to about 24,000 kids under 18 — about 5,600 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 768 children in Centennial who may be on the spectrum — many of them not yet diagnosed.
For the 5,600 youngest children in Centennial, timing matters. Plain-English checklists: signs at 18 months, signs at age 3. No diagnosis yet? That's fine — we'll help you get one.
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 Centennial
About 71% of children under 6 in Centennial 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 96% of households in Centennial 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 Centennial
Centennial is served by Arapahoe County school districts, including Cherry Creek School District (about 52,000 students across 70 schools), Aurora Public Schools (about 38,000 students across 61 schools), and Littleton School District No. 6 (about 13,000 students across 22 schools). District lines don't always follow town lines, so check your address with the district if you're not sure.
If your child has an IEP (or an IFSP for little ones), share it with your BCBA. When home goals and school goals line up, kids make progress faster and get less mixed messaging. Bring the latest evaluation reports to your first meeting, too — they save time and repeat testing.
ABA therapy in Centennial and nearby towns
Centennial is the second-largest of the 22 communities we list in Arapahoe County, home to about 16% of the county's children.
The closest neighbors are Inverness (1 mi), Cherry Creek (1 mi), Dove Valley (2 mi), Acres Green (3 mi), and Greenwood Village (3 mi). Families in all of them are served the same way, so if you live between towns, you're covered.
Paying for ABA therapy in Centennial
Families in Centennial pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that in Centennial, about 9.5% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 2.7% 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 Centennial, step by step
From first call to first session, here's the path for Centennial families. (More detail on our getting-started page.)
- Call or send the short form — include your ZIP code (80015, 80016, 80111, 80112 and others are in Centennial). Expect a call back from an intake advocate, 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 Centennial. A BCBA from the team that serves Centennial 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 Centennial
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 80015
- 80016
- 80111
- 80112
- 80121
- 80122
ABA therapy around Aurora
Centennial is part of the area our Aurora team covers. More on what that team offers:
No diagnosis yet? Start there — we’ll help.
Calling before any evaluation is completely normal — from Centennial or anywhere else. We’ll help you understand what you’re seeing, 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 Centennial: questions parents ask
Does insurance cover ABA therapy in Centennial?
Do you have an ABA team in Centennial?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from Centennial?
How many children in Centennial might be autistic?
Which school district serves Centennial?
What ZIP codes do you serve in Centennial?
Is telehealth ABA realistic in Centennial?
Do you also serve towns near Centennial?
How fast can we start in Centennial?
Find an ABA therapist in Centennial: 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 Centennial.
ABA therapy in towns near Centennial
The closest towns we also serve, by straight-line distance from Centennial.
ABA therapy across Arapahoe County
Centennial is part of our Arapahoe County guide. Other Arapahoe County communities:
School districts serving Centennial
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 in Centennial, across Arapahoe County and the rest of Colorado start with one short call. Yours can too.