ABA therapy in Tall Timber, Colorado
Tall Timber is a close-knit community of about 376 people in Boulder County, about 25 miles from our Lakewood team. One-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy comes to your home or daycare — for the 138 kids who live here, not a far-off clinic.
Tall Timber at a glance — for families
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 376
- Children under 18
- 138
- Children under 5
- 25
- Kids likely on the spectrum (CDC 1-in-31 estimate)
- ≈ 4
- Kids under 6 with every parent working (Boulder County-wide)
- 65%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready) (Boulder County-wide)
- 95%
- Kids covered only by a public plan (Boulder County-wide)
- 17%
- Kids with no health coverage (Boulder County-wide)
- 2%
- Nearest Sunbird team
- Lakewood · 25 mi
- 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 Tall Timber
Tall Timber in Boulder County is a very small community — about 376 people. It is an unincorporated community — there is no city hall, but neighbors know it by name, and so do we. No town is too small for in-home ABA. We plan visits and telehealth around where you actually live, and we tell you plainly what that looks like for your address.
The nearest Sunbird team is in Lakewood, about 25 miles away. Our Lakewood team travels to homes in Tall Timber, and video check-ins with your BCBA fill the days in between.
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 and young children in Tall Timber
Tall Timber is home to about 140 kids under 18 — about 30 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 children in Tall Timber 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.
Home, daycare or telehealth: what fits Tall Timber families
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. (Tall Timber is small enough that the county-wide figure is the reliable one.)
About 95% of households across Boulder 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.
Schools and IEPs in Tall Timber
Tall Timber 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.
Tall Timber and its neighbors
Tall Timber is the 18th-largest of the 23 communities we list in Boulder County.
The closest neighbors are Crisman (2 mi), Pine Brook Hill (3 mi), Sugarloaf (3 mi), Gold Hill (5 mi), and Lazy Acres (5 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 Tall Timber
Families in Tall Timber pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that across Boulder County, about 17% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 2% have no coverage at all — the rest mostly have insurance through a parent's job or a plan they bought.
Here's the part that's the same for every family in Tall Timber: we do the insurance legwork. One photo of your card, and we confirm your ABA benefits with the plan directly — free — then explain what's covered and what you'd owe before anything starts.
More detail: paying for ABA therapy, our insurance page, and will insurance pay for ABA?
Getting started from Tall Timber, step by step
From first call to first session, here's the path for Tall Timber families. (More detail on our getting-started page.)
- Call or send the short form — include your ZIP code (80302 is in Tall Timber). A real person — not a phone tree — calls 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 Tall Timber. Your BCBA from our Lakewood team 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.
ZIP codes we serve in Tall Timber
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 80302
No diagnosis yet? Start there — we’ll help.
Calling before any evaluation is completely normal — from Tall Timber 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.
Tall Timber questions, answered plainly
Does insurance cover ABA therapy in Tall Timber?
How far is Tall Timber from the nearest Sunbird team?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from Tall Timber?
How many children in Tall Timber might be autistic?
Which school district serves Tall Timber?
What ZIP codes do you serve in Tall Timber?
Is telehealth ABA realistic in Tall Timber?
Do you also serve towns near Tall Timber?
How fast can we start in Tall Timber?
Start in Tall Timber with 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 Tall Timber.
Communities near Tall Timber
The closest towns we also serve, by straight-line distance from Tall Timber.
More of Boulder County
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