Sunbird ABA team in El Paso County — serving you
ABA therapy in El Paso County, Colorado: autism therapy for kids, at home or daycare
Our team comes to families across El Paso County — home to about 736,008 people and 172,420 children, from Colorado Springs to the smallest town — with one-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy at home or daycare. Our team inEl Paso County is serving every community in the county, listed below.
Autism services in El Paso County at a glance
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 736,008
- Children under 18
- 172,420
- Children under 5
- 45,945
- Kids likely on the spectrum (CDC 1-in-31 estimate)
- ≈ 5,600
- Kids under 6 with every parent working
- 59%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready)
- 94%
- Kids covered only by a public plan
- 25%
- Kids with no health coverage
- 4.7%
- Median household income
- $87,470
- County seat
- Colorado Springs
- Land area
- 2,126 sq mi
- Communities with a page
- 18
- Public school districts
- 15
- Your Sunbird team in El Paso 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 El Paso 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 Colorado Springs | 483,099 | 106,163 | 80831, 80903, 80904… |
| ABA therapy in Security-Widefieldunincorporated | 38,659 | 10,694 | 80817, 80911, 80925 |
| ABA therapy in Fountain | 29,327 | 8,473 | 80817, 80925, 80928 |
| ABA therapy in Cimarron Hillsunincorporated | 18,808 | 4,866 | 80915, 80922, 80929 |
| ABA therapy in Fort Carsonunincorporated | 18,447 | 4,878 | 80902, 80913 |
| ABA therapy in Black Forestunincorporated | 14,658 | 3,270 | 80106, 80908 |
| ABA therapy in Monument | 11,035 | 3,182 | 80132, 80921 |
| ABA therapy in Woodmoorunincorporated | 8,819 | 1,995 | 80132 |
| ABA therapy in Air Force Academyunincorporated | 6,701 | 974 | 80840 |
| ABA therapy in Stratmoorunincorporated | 6,396 | 1,643 | 80906, 80911 |
| ABA therapy in Gleneagleunincorporated | 6,207 | 1,663 | 80921 |
| ABA therapy in Manitou Springs | 4,796 | 658 | 80829 |
| ABA therapy in Palmer Lake | 2,635 | 339 | 80132, 80133 |
| ABA therapy in Ellicottunincorporated | 1,337 | 424 | 80808 |
| ABA therapy in Cascade-Chipita Parkunincorporated | 1,158 | 77 | 80809, 80819, 80863 |
| ABA therapy in Calhan | 510 | 129 | 80808 |
| ABA therapy in Green Mountain Falls | 717 | 67 | 80819 |
| ABA therapy in Ramah | 130 | 7 | 80832 |
Smaller places, too: we also serve families in Rock Creek Park, Peyton — no community is too small for in-home visits and telehealth.
What ABA therapy looks like across El Paso County
El Paso County is home to about 736,008 people spread over 2,126 square miles (roughly 346 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 Colorado Springs.
When you call from El Paso 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.
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 kids and families in El Paso County
El Paso County is home to about 170,000 kids under 18 — about 46,000 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 5,562 children across El Paso 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 El Paso County
About 59% of children under 6 across El Paso 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 94% of households across El Paso 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 El Paso County
El Paso County has 15 public school districts. The largest are Academy District 20 (about 26,000 students across 40 schools), El Paso County Colorado School District 49 (about 25,000 students across 30 schools), Colorado Springs School District 11 (about 23,000 students across 57 schools), Harrison School District No. 2 (about 12,000 students across 28 schools), Widefield School District 3 (about 9,600 students across 18 schools), Fountain School District No. 8 (about 8,200 students across 13 schools), Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 (about 6,500 students across 10 schools), and Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 (about 3,700 students across 9 schools).
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 El Paso County
The biggest communities in El Paso County are Colorado Springs (483,099 people), Security-Widefield (38,659 people), Fountain (29,327 people), and Cimarron Hills (18,808 people). Together they hold about 76% of the county's children — the rest live in smaller towns and out in the county, where in-home visits matter most.
El Paso County borders Douglas County, Pueblo County, Fremont County, Elbert County, Teller County, and Lincoln 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 El Paso County
Families across El Paso County pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that across El Paso County, about 25% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 4.7% 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 El Paso County, step by step
No phone trees and no mystery. Here is exactly what happens after you reach out — the full version lives on our getting-started page.
- Call or send the short form — include your ZIP code (80132, 80133, 80808, 80809 and others are in El Paso 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 El Paso County. A BCBA from the team that serves El Paso 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 El Paso County
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 80132
- 80133
- 80808
- 80809
- 80817
- 80819
- 80829
- 80831
- 80840
- 80863
- 80864
- 80902
- 80903
- 80904
- 80905
- 80906
- 80907
- 80908
- 80909
- 80910
- 80911
- 80913
- 80914
- 80915
- 80916
- 80917
- 80918
- 80919
- 80920
- 80921
- 80922
- 80923
- 80924
- 80925
- 80926
- 80927
- 80928
- 80929
- 80930
- 80938
- 80939
- 80951
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 El Paso 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 El Paso County: questions parents ask
Does insurance cover ABA therapy across El Paso County?
Do you have an ABA team in El Paso County?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from El Paso County?
How many children across El Paso County might be autistic?
Which school districts are in El Paso County?
What ZIP codes do you serve across El Paso County?
Is telehealth ABA realistic across El Paso County?
Do you also serve towns near El Paso County?
How fast can we start across El Paso County?
Find an ABA therapist in El Paso 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
El Paso County is part of the area our Colorado Springs team covers. More on what that team offers:
School districts in El Paso County
Every school in the district, the neighborhoods it serves, and how home ABA works with your child’s IEP.
- Academy District 2039 schools
- El Paso County Colorado School District 4926 schools
- Colorado Springs School District 1150 schools
- Harrison School District No. 227 schools
- Widefield School District 317 schools
- Fountain School District No. 812 schools
- Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 3810 schools
- Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 128 schools
Ready to talk about your child?
Families across El Paso County and the rest of Colorado start with one short call. Yours can too.