ABA therapy in Catherine, Colorado
Catherine is a close-knit community of about 292 people in Garfield County, about 110 miles from our Lakewood team. One-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy comes to your home or daycare — not a far-off clinic.
Catherine at a glance — for families
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 292
- Kids under 6 with every parent working (Garfield County-wide)
- 67%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready) (Garfield County-wide)
- 92%
- Kids covered only by a public plan (Garfield County-wide)
- 36%
- Kids with no health coverage (Garfield County-wide)
- 15%
- Nearest Sunbird team
- Lakewood · 110 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 Catherine
Catherine in Garfield County is a very small community — about 292 people. It is an unincorporated community — there is no city hall, but neighbors know it by name, and so do we. No town is too small for in-home ABA. We plan visits and telehealth around where you actually live, and we tell you plainly what that looks like for your address.
Catherine is about 110 miles from our Lakewood team — the far edge of where we work. We won't promise a schedule we can't keep: call us, tell us your town, and we'll give you a straight answer about in-home visits, telehealth, and what a realistic start looks like.
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.
Home, daycare or telehealth: what fits Catherine families
About 67% of children under 6 across Garfield 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. (Catherine is small enough that the county-wide figure is the reliable one.)
Connectivity is strong — about 92% of homes have broadband. Most families here use telehealth for quick BCBA check-ins and coaching between in-person sessions.
Schools and IEPs in Catherine
Catherine is served by Garfield County school districts, including Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1 (about 5,800 students across 14 schools), Garfield School District No. Re-2 (about 4,700 students across 10 schools), and Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi (about 1,200 students across 5 schools). District lines don't always follow town lines, so check your address with the district if you're not sure.
Already working with your school team? Good — bring that IEP or evaluation to us. Your BCBA can shape home goals that support what's happening at school, so your child hears the same expectations in both places.
Catherine and its neighbors
Catherine is the 11th-largest of the 12 communities we list in Garfield County.
The closest neighbors are Mulford (1 mi), El Jebel (3 mi), Carbondale (4 mi), Basalt (6 mi), and Cattle Creek (8 mi). Families in all of them are served the same way, so if you live between towns, you're covered.
Paying for ABA therapy in Catherine
Families in Catherine pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that across Garfield County, about 36% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 15% have no coverage at all — the rest mostly have insurance through a parent's job or a plan they bought.
Coverage depends on your plan, not your ZIP code, so we don't guess. Snap a photo of your insurance card, and we'll verify your ABA benefits with the plan for free and call you back with a straight answer — usually within a business day.
More detail: paying for ABA therapy, our insurance page, and will insurance pay for ABA?
Getting started from Catherine, 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 (81623 is in Catherine). A real person — not a phone tree — calls back, usually the same business day.
- We check your insurance — free. One photo of your card is all we need to confirm your ABA benefits and tell you what you'd owe.
- No diagnosis yet? We help you book an evaluation first. Already have one? See what to do after a diagnosis.
- A BCBA visit at your home in Catherine. Our Lakewood team sends a BCBA to observe, ask questions, and write a plan with you — not for you.
- Sessions begin. An ABA therapist starts regular one-on-one sessions at home or daycare, with parent training built in. Here's how to prepare for the first one.
ZIP codes we serve in Catherine
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 81623
No diagnosis yet? Start there — we’ll help.
Calling before any evaluation is completely normal — from Catherine 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.
Catherine questions, answered plainly
Does insurance cover ABA therapy in Catherine?
How far is Catherine from the nearest Sunbird team?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from Catherine?
Which school district serves Catherine?
What ZIP codes do you serve in Catherine?
Is telehealth ABA realistic in Catherine?
Do you also serve towns near Catherine?
How fast can we start in Catherine?
Start in Catherine 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 Catherine.
Communities near Catherine
The closest towns we also serve, by straight-line distance from Catherine.
More of Garfield County
Catherine is part of our Garfield County guide. Other Garfield County communities:
Ready to talk about your child?
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