ABA therapy in The Pinery, Colorado
The Pinery is a community of about 11,740 people in Douglas County, about 18 miles from our Aurora team. One-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy comes to your home or daycare — for the 2,732 kids who live here, not a far-off clinic.
The Pinery at a glance — for families
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 11,740
- Children under 18
- 2,732
- Children under 5
- 432
- Kids likely on the spectrum (CDC 1-in-31 estimate)
- ≈ 90
- Kids under 6 with every parent working
- 87%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready)
- 98%
- Kids covered only by a public plan
- 8.9%
- Kids with no health coverage
- 1.3%
- Median household income
- $173,889
- Nearest Sunbird team
- Aurora · 18 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 The Pinery
The Pinery in Douglas County is home to about 11,740 people (roughly 1,129 people per square mile). It is an unincorporated community — there is no city hall, but neighbors know it by name, and so do we. 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.
The nearest Sunbird team is in Aurora, about 18 miles away. Our Aurora team travels to homes in The Pinery, and video check-ins with your BCBA fill the days in between.
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 and young children in The Pinery
The Pinery is home to about 2,700 kids under 18 — about 430 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 88 children in The Pinery 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.
Home, daycare or telehealth: what fits The Pinery families
About 87% of children under 6 in The Pinery 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 in The Pinery 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 The Pinery
The Pinery is served by Douglas County school districts, including Douglas County School District No. Re 1 (about 62,000 students across 88 schools). District lines don't always follow town lines, so check your address with the district if you're not sure.
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.
The Pinery and its neighbors
The Pinery is the sixth-largest of the 20 communities we list in Douglas County, home to about 3.1% of the county's children.
Nearby, we also serve Franktown (4 mi), Parker (4 mi), Stepping Stone (6 mi), Stonegate (6 mi), and Castle Pines (7 mi) — distances are straight-line from The Pinery. Living out of town or between two of them? Same team, same plan.
Paying for ABA therapy in The Pinery
Families in The Pinery pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that in The Pinery, about 8.9% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 1.3% 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 The Pinery: 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 The Pinery, step by step
From first call to first session, here's the path for The Pinery families. (More detail on our getting-started page.)
- Call or send the short form — include your ZIP code (80134 is in The Pinery). 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 The Pinery. Your BCBA from our Aurora 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 The Pinery
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 80134
No diagnosis yet? Start there — we’ll help.
Calling before any evaluation is completely normal — from The Pinery 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.
The Pinery questions, answered plainly
Does insurance cover ABA therapy in The Pinery?
How far is The Pinery from the nearest Sunbird team?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from The Pinery?
How many children in The Pinery might be autistic?
Which school district serves The Pinery?
What ZIP codes do you serve in The Pinery?
Is telehealth ABA realistic in The Pinery?
Do you also serve towns near The Pinery?
How fast can we start in The Pinery?
Start in The Pinery 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 The Pinery.
Communities near The Pinery
The closest towns we also serve, by straight-line distance from The Pinery.
More of Douglas County
The Pinery is part of our Douglas County guide. Other Douglas County communities:
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