Sunbird ABA team in Fremont County — serving you
ABA therapy in Fremont County, Colorado: autism therapy for kids, at home or daycare
Our team comes to families across Fremont County — home to about 49,394 people and 7,917 children, from Cañon City to the smallest town — with one-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy at home or daycare. Our team inFremont County is serving every community in the county, listed below.
Autism services in Fremont County at a glance
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 49,394
- Children under 18
- 7,917
- Children under 5
- 1,865
- Kids likely on the spectrum (CDC 1-in-31 estimate)
- ≈ 260
- Kids under 6 with every parent working
- 58%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready)
- 84%
- Kids covered only by a public plan
- 38%
- Kids with no health coverage
- 3.3%
- Median household income
- $61,027
- County seat
- Cañon City
- Land area
- 1,534 sq mi
- Communities with a page
- 11
- Public school districts
- 3
- Your Sunbird team in Fremont 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 Fremont 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 Cañon City | 17,098 | 3,285 | 81212 |
| ABA therapy in Lincoln Parkunincorporated | 4,315 | 601 | 81212 |
| ABA therapy in Penroseunincorporated | 3,978 | 984 | 81240 |
| ABA therapy in Florence | 3,870 | 684 | 81226 |
| ABA therapy in Park Centerunincorporated | 2,544 | 552 | 81212 |
| ABA therapy in Howardunincorporated | 1,159 | 152 | 81233 |
| ABA therapy in Williamsburg | 963 | 215 | 81212, 81226 |
| ABA therapy in Rockvale | 743 | 234 | 81226, 81244 |
| ABA therapy in Coal Creek | 395 | 87 | 81221, 81226 |
| ABA therapy in Coaldaleunincorporated | 276 | 0 | 81222 |
| ABA therapy in Brookside | 263 | 39 | 81212 |
Smaller places, too: we also serve families in Cotopaxi — no community is too small for in-home visits and telehealth.
What ABA therapy looks like across Fremont County
Fremont County has about 49,394 people across 1,534 square miles — roughly 32 people per square mile, mostly in its towns with farmland and open country in between. Families here are used to driving for specialists; with in-home ABA, the drive is ours. The county seat is Cañon City.
When you call from Fremont 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 Fremont County
Fremont County is home to about 7,900 kids under 18 — about 1,900 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 255 children across Fremont 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 Fremont County
About 58% of children under 6 across Fremont 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 Fremont 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 Fremont County
Fremont County has 3 public school districts. The largest are Fremont Re-1 (about 3,300 students across 8 schools), Fremont Re-2 (about 1,400 students across 3 schools), and Fremont Re-3 (about 190 students across 2 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 Fremont County
The biggest communities in Fremont County are Cañon City (17,098 people), Lincoln Park (4,315 people), Penrose (3,978 people), and Florence (3,870 people). Together they hold about 70% of the county's children — the rest live in smaller towns and out in the county, where in-home visits matter most.
Fremont County borders El Paso County, Pueblo County, Teller County, Chaffee County, Park County, Saguache County, and Custer 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 Fremont County
Families across Fremont County pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that across Fremont County, about 38% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 3.3% 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 Fremont 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 (80926, 81212, 81221, 81222 and others are in Fremont 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 Fremont County. A BCBA from the team that serves Fremont 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 Fremont County
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 80926
- 81212
- 81221
- 81222
- 81223
- 81226
- 81232
- 81233
- 81240
- 81244
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 Fremont 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 Fremont County: questions parents ask
Does insurance cover ABA therapy across Fremont County?
Do you have an ABA team in Fremont County?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from Fremont County?
How many children across Fremont County might be autistic?
Which school districts are in Fremont County?
What ZIP codes do you serve across Fremont County?
Is telehealth ABA realistic across Fremont County?
Do you also serve towns near Fremont County?
How fast can we start across Fremont County?
Find an ABA therapist in Fremont 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
Fremont County is part of the area our Colorado Springs team covers. More on what that team offers:
School districts in Fremont County
Every school in the district, the neighborhoods it serves, and how home ABA works with your child’s IEP.
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Families across Fremont County and the rest of Colorado start with one short call. Yours can too.