Sunbird ABA team in Lafayette — serving you
ABA therapy in Lafayette, Colorado: autism therapy for kids, at home or daycare
Lafayette is a community of about 30,471 people in Boulder County, and our ABA team in the Lafayette area is here serving you. One-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy comes to your home or daycare — for the 6,565 kids who live here, not a far-off clinic.
Autism services in Lafayette at a glance
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 30,471
- Children under 18
- 6,565
- Children under 5
- 1,689
- Kids likely on the spectrum (CDC 1-in-31 estimate)
- ≈ 210
- Kids under 6 with every parent working
- 84%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready)
- 96%
- Kids covered only by a public plan
- 16%
- Kids with no health coverage
- 1.9%
- Median household income
- $110,431
- Your Sunbird team in Lafayette
- Serving you
- Sunbird services here
- Home · Daycare · Video
- ZIP codes
- 1
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 Lafayette
Lafayette in Boulder County is home to about 30,471 people (roughly 3,276 people per square mile). It is the kind of place where weekday schedules are already full — school runs, work, practices — which is why we bring ABA therapy to your home rather than asking you to fit another drive into the day.
When you call from Lafayette, 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.
ABA here works the same way it does everywhere we serve: a BCBA-led plan written for your child, one-on-one sessions with an ABA therapist, and regular coaching for you. New to all of this? Start with what ABA therapy actually is, then what to expect at the first session.
Autism therapy for young children in Lafayette
Lafayette is home to about 6,600 kids under 18 — about 1,700 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 212 children in Lafayette who may be on the spectrum — many of them not yet diagnosed.
For the 1,700 youngest children in Lafayette, 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 Lafayette
About 84% of children under 6 in Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette
Lafayette is served by Boulder County school districts, including St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J (about 32,000 students across 54 schools) and Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 (about 28,000 students across 56 schools). District lines don't always follow town lines, so check your address with the district if you're not sure.
School and ABA work best as partners. If your child has an IEP or evaluation from the district, send it along with your intake — it helps your BCBA write goals that back up the school plan instead of competing with it.
ABA therapy in Lafayette and nearby towns
Lafayette is the third-largest of the 23 communities we list in Boulder County, home to about 11% of the county's children.
Nearby, we also serve Louisville (3 mi), Broomfield (4 mi), Erie (5 mi), Paragon Estates (5 mi), and Superior (5 mi) — distances are straight-line from Lafayette. Living out of town or between two of them? Same team, same plan.
Paying for ABA therapy in Lafayette
Families in Lafayette pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that in Lafayette, about 16% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 1.9% 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 Lafayette, step by step
What happens after you call? Five steps, no surprises — and the getting-started page has the long version.
- Call or send the short form — include your ZIP code (80026 is in Lafayette). A real person — not a phone tree — calls back, usually the same business day.
- Benefits, verified. We call your plan so you don't have to, then explain your ABA coverage 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 Lafayette. A BCBA from the team that serves Lafayette 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 Lafayette
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 80026
ABA therapy around Denver
Lafayette is part of the area our Denver team covers. More on what that team offers:
No diagnosis yet? Start there — we’ll help.
Calling before any evaluation is completely normal — from Lafayette 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 Lafayette: questions parents ask
Does insurance cover ABA therapy in Lafayette?
Do you have an ABA team in Lafayette?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from Lafayette?
How many children in Lafayette might be autistic?
Which school district serves Lafayette?
What ZIP codes do you serve in Lafayette?
Is telehealth ABA realistic in Lafayette?
Do you also serve towns near Lafayette?
How fast can we start in Lafayette?
Find an ABA therapist in Lafayette: 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 Lafayette.
ABA therapy in towns near Lafayette
The closest towns we also serve, by straight-line distance from Lafayette.
ABA therapy across Boulder County
Lafayette is part of our Boulder County guide. Other Boulder County communities:
School districts serving Lafayette
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 Lafayette, across Boulder County and the rest of Colorado start with one short call. Yours can too.