Sunbird ABA team in Costilla County — serving you
ABA therapy in Costilla County, Colorado: autism therapy for kids, at home or daycare
Our team comes to families across Costilla County — home to about 3,571 people and 670 children, from San Luis to the smallest town — with one-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy at home or daycare. Our team inCostilla County is serving every community in the county, listed below.
Autism services in Costilla County at a glance
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 3,571
- Children under 18
- 670
- Children under 5
- 170
- Kids likely on the spectrum (CDC 1-in-31 estimate)
- ≈ 20
- Kids under 6 with every parent working
- 50%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready)
- 84%
- Kids covered only by a public plan
- 81%
- Kids with no health coverage
- 2.2%
- Median household income
- $36,519
- County seat
- San Luis
- Land area
- 1,228 sq mi
- Communities with a page
- 3
- Public school districts
- 2
- Your Sunbird team in Costilla 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 Costilla 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 San Luis | 582 | 135 | 81152 |
| ABA therapy in Fort Garlandunincorporated | 426 | 157 | 81133 |
| ABA therapy in Blanca | 326 | 115 | 81123 |
Smaller places, too: we also serve families in San Acacio — no community is too small for in-home visits and telehealth.
What ABA therapy looks like across Costilla County
Costilla County is frontier country — about 3,571 people across 1,228 square miles, fewer than 3 people per square mile. Families here know better than anyone how far the nearest specialist can be. We don't pretend the map is smaller than it is; we plan around it with in-home visits and telehealth. The county seat is San Luis.
When you call from Costilla 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.
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 kids and families in Costilla County
Costilla County is home to about 670 kids under 18 — about 170 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 22 children across Costilla County who may be on the spectrum — many of them not yet diagnosed.
For the 170 youngest children across Costilla County, 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 Costilla County
About 50% of children under 6 across Costilla County have every parent in the workforce, so families here are split: some want sessions during daycare, others at home with a parent close by. We do both — in-home ABA and daycare-based support — and many families mix them. Our guide to home vs. daycare sessions explains the trade-offs.
About 84% of households across Costilla County have broadband — most, but not all. If video works at your house, telehealth adds BCBA time between visits. If it doesn't, tell us; we'll plan around your connection instead of the other way around.
ABA therapy, schools and IEPs in Costilla County
Costilla County has 2 public school districts. The largest are Sierra Grande School District No. R-30 (about 289 students across 1 school) and Centennial School District No. R-1 (about 193 students across 1 school).
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.
Communities across Costilla County
The biggest communities in Costilla County are San Luis (582 people), Fort Garland (426 people), and Blanca (326 people). Together they hold about 61% of the county's children — the rest live in smaller towns and out in the county, where in-home visits matter most.
Costilla County borders Alamosa County, Las Animas County, Conejos County, Huerfano County, and Pueblo 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 Costilla County
Families across Costilla County pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that across Costilla County, about 81% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 2.2% 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 Costilla County, step by step
From first call to first session, here's the path for Costilla County families. (More detail on our getting-started page.)
- Call or send the short form — include your ZIP code (81123, 81126, 81133, 81138 and others are in Costilla County). 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 Costilla County. A BCBA from the team that serves Costilla 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 Costilla County
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 81123
- 81126
- 81133
- 81138
- 81151
- 81152
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 Costilla 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 Costilla County: questions parents ask
Does insurance cover ABA therapy across Costilla County?
Do you have an ABA team in Costilla County?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from Costilla County?
How many children across Costilla County might be autistic?
Which school districts are in Costilla County?
What ZIP codes do you serve across Costilla County?
Is telehealth ABA realistic across Costilla County?
Do you also serve towns near Costilla County?
How fast can we start across Costilla County?
Find an ABA therapist in Costilla 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 Colorado Springs
Costilla County is part of the area our Colorado Springs team covers. More on what that team offers:
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