Sunbird ABA team in Douglas County — serving you
ABA therapy in Douglas County, Colorado: autism therapy for kids, at home or daycare
Our team comes to families across Douglas County — home to about 368,283 people and 88,460 children, from Castle Rock to the smallest town — with one-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy at home or daycare. Our team inDouglas County is serving every community in the county, listed below.
Autism services in Douglas County at a glance
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 368,283
- Children under 18
- 88,460
- Children under 5
- 19,980
- Kids likely on the spectrum (CDC 1-in-31 estimate)
- ≈ 2,900
- Kids under 6 with every parent working
- 70%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready)
- 98%
- Kids covered only by a public plan
- 6.7%
- Kids with no health coverage
- 2.9%
- Median household income
- $145,737
- County seat
- Castle Rock
- Land area
- 841 sq mi
- Communities with a page
- 20
- Public school districts
- 1
- Your Sunbird team in Douglas 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 Douglas 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 Highlands Ranchunincorporated | 101,437 | 24,702 | 80125, 80126, 80129… |
| ABA therapy in Castle Rock | 76,614 | 20,570 | 80104, 80108, 80109 |
| ABA therapy in Parker | 60,115 | 15,414 | 80134, 80138 |
| ABA therapy in Castle Pines | 12,573 | 2,947 | 80108, 80134 |
| ABA therapy in Lone Tree | 14,136 | 2,426 | 80124, 80134 |
| ABA therapy in The Pineryunincorporated | 11,740 | 2,732 | 80134 |
| ABA therapy in Roxborough Parkunincorporated | 9,365 | 2,078 | 80125, 80135 |
| ABA therapy in Stonegateunincorporated | 9,164 | 2,625 | 80134 |
| ABA therapy in Meridianunincorporated | 5,058 | 512 | 80112, 80134 |
| ABA therapy in Castle Pines Villageunincorporated | 4,441 | 779 | 80108 |
| ABA therapy in Sierra Ridgeunincorporated | 3,264 | 1,122 | 80134 |
| ABA therapy in Stepping Stoneunincorporated | 3,079 | 1,082 | 80134 |
| ABA therapy in Meridian Villageunincorporated | 2,768 | 790 | 80134 |
| ABA therapy in Acres Greenunincorporated | 2,709 | 601 | 80124 |
| ABA therapy in Sterling Ranchunincorporated | 2,530 | 731 | 80125 |
| ABA therapy in Perry Parkunincorporated | 1,801 | 325 | 80118, 80135 |
| ABA therapy in Grand View Estatesunincorporated | 736 | 156 | 80134 |
| ABA therapy in Franktownunincorporated | 405 | 112 | 80116 |
| ABA therapy in Louviersunincorporated | 274 | 52 | 80125, 80131 |
| ABA therapy in Larkspur | 171 | 29 | 80118 |
Smaller places, too: we also serve families in Westcreek, Sedalia — no community is too small for in-home visits and telehealth.
What ABA therapy looks like across Douglas County
Douglas County is home to about 368,283 people spread over 841 square miles (roughly 438 people per square mile) — a mix of suburbs, smaller towns and open country. In-home ABA fits that pattern well: sessions come to your neighborhood rather than asking you to drive across the county. The county seat is Castle Rock.
Our team works with families across Douglas County the same way we do everywhere: sessions at your home or your child's daycare, a BCBA who knows your child, and telehealth check-ins so nobody waits a week for an answer.
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 Douglas County
Douglas County is home to about 88,000 kids under 18 — about 20,000 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 2,854 children across Douglas County who may be on the spectrum — many of them not yet diagnosed.
Earlier is easier. If your toddler isn't pointing, answering to their name, or using words the way other kids their age do, it is worth a look now rather than later. Our guides walk through signs of autism at 18 months, at age 2 and at age 3, plus the M-CHAT screening many pediatricians use.
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 Douglas County
About 70% of children under 6 across Douglas 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.
About 98% of households across Douglas 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.
ABA therapy, schools and IEPs in Douglas County
Public schools across Douglas County are run by one district: Douglas County School District No. Re 1 (about 62,000 students across 88 schools).
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.
Communities across Douglas County
The biggest communities in Douglas County are Highlands Ranch (101,437 people), Castle Rock (76,614 people), Parker (60,115 people), and Lone Tree (14,136 people). Together they hold about 71% of the county's children — the rest live in smaller towns and out in the county, where in-home visits matter most.
Douglas County borders El Paso County, Arapahoe County, Jefferson County, Elbert County, and Teller 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 Douglas County
Families across Douglas County pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that across Douglas County, about 6.7% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 2.9% 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 across Douglas County: 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?
How to start ABA therapy in Douglas County, 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 (80104, 80108, 80109, 80112 and others are in Douglas County). Expect a call back from an intake advocate, 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 Douglas County. A BCBA from the team that serves Douglas 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 Douglas County
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 80104
- 80108
- 80109
- 80112
- 80116
- 80118
- 80124
- 80125
- 80126
- 80129
- 80130
- 80131
- 80134
- 80135
- 80138
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 Douglas 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 Douglas County: questions parents ask
Does insurance cover ABA therapy across Douglas County?
Do you have an ABA team in Douglas County?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from Douglas County?
How many children across Douglas County might be autistic?
Which school districts are in Douglas County?
What ZIP codes do you serve across Douglas County?
Is telehealth ABA realistic across Douglas County?
Do you also serve towns near Douglas County?
How fast can we start across Douglas County?
Find an ABA therapist in Douglas 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 Lakewood
Douglas County is part of the area our Lakewood team covers. More on what that team offers:
School districts in Douglas County
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 across Douglas County and the rest of Colorado start with one short call. Yours can too.