Sunbird ABA team in Lyons — serving you
ABA therapy in Lyons, Colorado: autism therapy for kids, at home or daycare
Lyons is a small town of about 1,927 people in Boulder County, and our ABA team in the Lyons area is here serving you. One-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy comes to your home or daycare — for the 540 kids who live here, not a far-off clinic.
Autism services in Lyons at a glance
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 1,927
- Children under 18
- 540
- Children under 5
- 74
- Kids likely on the spectrum (CDC 1-in-31 estimate)
- ≈ 17
- Kids under 6 with every parent working (Boulder County-wide)
- 65%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready)
- 100%
- Kids covered only by a public plan
- 8.7%
- Kids with no health coverage
- 0%
- Median household income
- $132,589
- Your Sunbird team in Lyons
- Serving you
- Sunbird services here
- Home · Daycare · Video
- ZIP codes
- 2
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 Lyons
Lyons in Boulder County is a small community of about 1,927 people. In a town this size, everybody knows everybody — and families can feel like they are the only ones dealing with autism. You are not, and you don't need to move or drive hours for help.
When you call from Lyons, 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 young children in Lyons
Lyons is home to about 540 kids under 18 — about 70 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 17 children in Lyons who may be on the spectrum — many of them not yet diagnosed.
For the 70 youngest children in Lyons, 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 Lyons
About 65% of children under 6 across Boulder 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. (Lyons is small enough that the county-wide figure is the reliable one.)
About 100% of households in Lyons 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 Lyons
Lyons 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.
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.
ABA therapy in Lyons and nearby towns
Lyons is the eighth-largest of the 23 communities we list in Boulder County.
Nearby, we also serve Altona (7 mi), Jamestown (10 mi), Longmont (10 mi), Lazy Acres (10 mi), and Niwot (10 mi) — distances are straight-line from Lyons. Living out of town or between two of them? Same team, same plan.
Paying for ABA therapy in Lyons
Families in Lyons pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that in Lyons, about 8.7% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 0% 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 Lyons, 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 (80503, 80540 are in Lyons). An intake advocate calls you back, usually the same business day.
- We check your insurance — free. One photo of your card is all we need to confirm your ABA benefits and tell you what you'd owe.
- 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 Lyons. A BCBA from the team that serves Lyons 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 Lyons
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 80503
- 80540
ABA therapy around Fort Collins
Lyons is part of the area our Fort Collins team covers. More on what that team offers:
No diagnosis yet? Start there — we’ll help.
Calling before any evaluation is completely normal — from Lyons 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 Lyons: questions parents ask
Does insurance cover ABA therapy in Lyons?
Do you have an ABA team in Lyons?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from Lyons?
How many children in Lyons might be autistic?
Which school district serves Lyons?
What ZIP codes do you serve in Lyons?
Is telehealth ABA realistic in Lyons?
Do you also serve towns near Lyons?
How fast can we start in Lyons?
Find an ABA therapist in Lyons: 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 Lyons.
ABA therapy in towns near Lyons
The closest towns we also serve, by straight-line distance from Lyons.
ABA therapy across Boulder County
Lyons is part of our Boulder County guide. Other Boulder County communities:
School districts serving Lyons
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 Lyons, across Boulder County and the rest of Colorado start with one short call. Yours can too.