ABA therapy in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
Red Feather Lakes is a close-knit community of about 347 people in Larimer County, about 32 miles from our Fort Collins team. One-on-one, BCBA-led ABA therapy comes to your home or daycare — not a far-off clinic.
Red Feather Lakes at a glance — for families
The numbers that shape how ABA therapy works here, from public data.
- Residents
- 347
- Kids under 6 with every parent working (Larimer County-wide)
- 67%
- Homes with broadband (telehealth-ready)
- 96%
- Kids covered only by a public plan (Larimer County-wide)
- 23%
- Kids with no health coverage (Larimer County-wide)
- 3.8%
- Median household income
- $133,444
- Nearest Sunbird team
- Fort Collins · 32 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 Red Feather Lakes
Red Feather Lakes in Larimer County is a very small community — about 347 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.
The nearest Sunbird team is in Fort Collins, about 32 miles away. Our Fort Collins team travels to homes in Red Feather Lakes, and video check-ins with your BCBA fill the days in between.
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 Red Feather Lakes families
About 67% of children under 6 across Larimer 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. (Red Feather Lakes is small enough that the county-wide figure is the reliable one.)
About 96% of households in Red Feather Lakes 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 Red Feather Lakes
Red Feather Lakes is served by Larimer County school districts, including Poudre School District R-1 (about 30,000 students across 52 schools), Thompson School District R-2J (about 15,000 students across 34 schools), and Estes Park School District R-3 (about 1,000 students across 3 schools). District lines don't always follow town lines, so check your address with the district if you're not sure.
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.
Red Feather Lakes and its neighbors
Red Feather Lakes is the eighth-largest of the 8 communities we list in Larimer County.
Nearby, we also serve Laporte (26 mi), Estes Park (31 mi), Wellington (31 mi), Fort Collins (32 mi), and Walden (37 mi) — distances are straight-line from Red Feather Lakes. Living out of town or between two of them? Same team, same plan.
Paying for ABA therapy in Red Feather Lakes
Families in Red Feather Lakes pay for care in different ways. Census figures show that across Larimer County, about 23% of children are covered only by Medicaid or another public plan, and about 3.8% 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?
Getting started from Red Feather Lakes, 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 (80545 is in Red Feather Lakes). 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 Red Feather Lakes. Your BCBA from our Fort Collins 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 Red Feather Lakes
In-home ABA therapy, daycare-based support and telehealth are available to families in every one of these ZIP codes:
- 80545
No diagnosis yet? Start there — we’ll help.
Calling before any evaluation is completely normal — from Red Feather Lakes 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.
Red Feather Lakes questions, answered plainly
Does insurance cover ABA therapy in Red Feather Lakes?
How far is Red Feather Lakes from the nearest Sunbird team?
My child doesn't have a diagnosis yet. Can we still start from Red Feather Lakes?
Which school district serves Red Feather Lakes?
What ZIP codes do you serve in Red Feather Lakes?
Is telehealth ABA realistic in Red Feather Lakes?
Do you also serve towns near Red Feather Lakes?
How fast can we start in Red Feather Lakes?
Start in Red Feather Lakes 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 Red Feather Lakes.
Communities near Red Feather Lakes
The closest towns we also serve, by straight-line distance from Red Feather Lakes.
More of Larimer County
Red Feather Lakes is part of our Larimer County guide. Other Larimer County communities:
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