Budding Futures ABA provides in-home and school-based ABA therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder in Colorado Springs, from 18 months through 18 years.
We accept Health First Colorado (Medicaid), TRICARE, Aetna, Cigna, Anthem BCBS, and most major plans.
There’s no waitlist right now, and a licensed BCBA writes and reviews every treatment plan.
Most Budding Futures families choose in-home ABA therapy, with sessions in your own Colorado Springs home instead of a clinic. Skills like potty training, mealtime routines, and safer transitions get taught right where your child uses them, and parent coaching is built into every plan, so you learn the same ABA strategies your therapist uses.
served in your own home, from young toddlers through teens
of hours in an evidence-based ABA plan go to parent and caregiver coaching
average length of an ABA course across 1,468 children (Linstead et al., 2017)
Budding Futures works in your home and in school settings. We do not run a clinic. Some children do better at an ABA center, so here is the plain difference before you choose.
| In-home ABA with Budding Futures | Center-based ABA therapy | |
|---|---|---|
| Where sessions happen | Your kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and yard | A clinic room inside a therapy center |
| Who practices the skill | Your child, with you coached in the moment | Your child, with center staff on site |
| Travel | None. The therapist drives to you | Two trips a day, most days of the week |
| Peer practice | Siblings, playgrounds and community outings | Built-in groups with other children |
| Often the better fit for | Potty training, mealtimes, bedtime, elopement and morning routines | A child who needs a quiet, highly structured room away from home distractions |
Skills taught in the comfort of your home tend to stick, because your child practices them exactly where they break down. Center-based ABA programs earn their place when a child needs a controlled room or daily peer practice.
If a therapy center is the better match for your child, we will say so. Behavioral therapy only works when the setting fits the family.
Budding Futures ABA sends a trained behavior therapist to your home or school anywhere in Colorado Springs, with a BCBA supervising about 20% of therapy hours, four times the BACB minimum.
Families choose us for our 5.0 Google rating, Medicaid and major insurance coverage, and no assessment waitlist, so effective ABA therapy can start within days.
Everything starts with an assessment in your home, not a clinic intake. Our autism services cover children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, from first words through teen independence.
Budding Futures ABA starts early intervention at 18 months, helping children with autism build skills when evidence-based, play-based therapy does its best work. Early intervention ABA in Colorado Springs →
A BCBA comes to your Colorado Springs home, watches how your child plays and communicates, and builds the treatment plan from VB-MAPP and ABLLS-R baselines.
Trained behavior technicians work through daily living skills, social interaction, and real routines like mealtime, play, and getting ready, so new skills hold up in daily life.
You learn the same strategies we use, and progress keeps going after the session ends.
Colorado Springs kids attend one of 7+ school districts, from Academy D-20 to fast-growing Falcon D-49. With your permission we reach out to your child’s school and work to line up therapy goals with the classroom.
Real Google reviews from the Colorado families we work with.
"My son loves his RBT Dani, she is a super star. As well as Mark and Rachel always keeping in check and checking in."
BadBry 48, verified Google review"Wonderful in-home therapy provider in Denver. Thank you so much!"
Ariel Becker, verified Google review"Budding Futures ABA gives amazing in-home ABA therapy in Colorado. Would definitely recommend for anyone with children with autism."
Mindee Meyer, verified Google review"The support they bring to the families is insane. You'll feel so supported and valued. They truly do care for these kids and I couldn't feel better anywhere else."
Bella Calvillo, verified Google review"This is a company that truly supports their clients, clients' families, and staff members in a way I've never seen."
KyRa Lee, verified Google review"Mark and the team at Budding Futures are truly the type of team I want to work with my child. Compassionate, driven, and they strive for excellence."
David Brody, verified Google reviewShe writes and reviews every treatment plan, and supervises the therapists who work in your home.
Read Rachel's profile
He founded Budding Futures and runs the day to day, from a family's first phone call onward.
Read Mark's profileMost families with Health First Colorado pay $0, because Medicaid covers ABA in full for eligible kids under 21.
Commercial plans usually land somewhere between $0 and $500 out of pocket, depending on your deductible.
Private pay runs about $120 to $150 per hour. See the full Colorado cost breakdown.
Budding Futures is enrolled with Health First Colorado under Provider Types 83 and 84, and also works with the plans below.
Not sure your plan covers ABA? We verify your exact benefits for free before the first session, and we never balance-bill.
Our therapists drive to homes across the Colorado Springs area and El Paso County, from Briargate to Broadmoor.
Don’t see your neighborhood? Call us, there’s a good chance we’re already out there. We also serve Woodland Park and Peyton, plus Pueblo and families across Colorado.
If you already know the problem you need help with, start here. These pages explain how Budding Futures handles common home and school goals inside the same BCBA-led care model.
The verified list of local practices that diagnose autism, with ages, payment and published waits.
Parent support groups, sensory-friendly places, Child Find and IEP contacts, and waiver and funding help for Colorado Springs families.
For accidents, bathroom refusal, toileting routines, and parent coaching at home.
1:1 support in class, behavior plans, IEP and teacher collaboration, and how outside-provider access works in Colorado Springs schools.
Getting your child ready for kindergarten routines, transitions, and group learning.
A side-by-side guide for newly diagnosed kids: who takes toddlers, who comes to your home, parent training and Medicaid.
For hitting, biting, head banging, unsafe outbursts, triggers, and safety planning.
About 28% of autistic children also meet the criteria for ADHD (Simonoff et al., 2008). We work on focus, impulsivity, waiting, and daily routines.
In one study, 65% of kids with autism who eloped had close calls with traffic. We build safety and prevention plans at home.
For screaming, drop-to-the-floor moments, and hard switches between activities, taught step by step.
Turn taking, joining play, and making friends, practiced in real settings instead of a clinic room.
New to ABA? Start with what trauma-informed ABA therapy means and how to tell it apart from older practice.
1. Call (720) 613-8837 or send the short form.
2. We verify your Medicaid or insurance benefits, free.
3. A BCBA assesses your child at home, and sessions begin.
Autism therapy in Colorado Springs shouldn’t mean a clinic commute. From Briargate to Fort Carson, we come to you.
Prefer to listen? Our parent podcast covers in-home ABA therapy in Colorado Springs and five other Colorado cities in about four minutes.
Looking beyond therapy? See our guide to autism resources in Colorado Springs for local support groups, school and Child Find help, Medicaid guidance, and parent communities.