Budding Futures ABA provides in-home and school-based ABA therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder in Denver, from 18 months through 18 years. Our office is off East Union Avenue, and our therapists drive to homes across the Denver area.
We accept Health First Colorado (Medicaid), Aetna, Cigna, Anthem BCBS, UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser, TRICARE and most major plans.
There is no waitlist right now, and a licensed BCBA writes and reviews every treatment plan.
Most Budding Futures families choose applied behavior analysis therapy at home, with sessions in your own house instead of a clinic. Skills like potty training, mealtime routines, safer transitions and school readiness get taught right where your child uses them, and parent coaching is built into every plan, so you learn the same strategies your therapist uses and your child learns faster.
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)
Denver has many ABA therapy centers. Budding Futures works in your home and in school settings, and we do not run a clinic. Some individuals with autism do better at a center, so here is the plain difference before you choose.
| At home 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 across Denver traffic, 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 at 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 technician to your home or school anywhere in the Denver metro, with a BCBA supervising about 20% of therapy hours, four times the BACB minimum. Because the office is in the same city, technicians get assigned faster and schedules hold for each child and family. Parents looking for ABA therapy near Wash Park, Central Park or Green Valley Ranch usually hear back the same day, and you see your child's progress in weekly data, not vague updates.
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 help children with autism in Denver from first words through teen independence, with individualized treatment plans for each child's specific needs.
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 Denver →
A BCBA comes to your home, watches how your child plays, communicates and learns, and builds the treatment plan around that learning style from VB-MAPP and ABLLS-R baselines.
Registered behavior technicians work through daily living skills, life 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.
Denver Public Schools is the largest district in Colorado. With your permission we reach out to your child's school, collaborate with the IEP team where the district allows it, and line up therapy goals with the classroom. Each school decides what building access looks like.
Real Google reviews from the Colorado families we work with.
"Wonderful in-home therapy provider in Denver. Thank you so much!"
Ariel Becker, verified Google review"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"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.
Denver County families on Health First Colorado are served by Colorado Access, the Region 4 Regional Accountable Entity, and Rocky Mountain Human Services handles the county's waiver case management. We work inside both systems every week.
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. Already know your plan? See Aetna, Anthem BCBS, Cigna, or Medicaid ABA therapy in Colorado.
Our therapists drive to homes across the City and County of Denver, from Green Valley Ranch to Bear Valley.
Don't see your neighborhood? Call us, there is a good chance we are already out there. We also serve Glendale, Englewood, Sheridan, Commerce City and Edgewater, plus families across Colorado.
Each city below has its own page with local school districts, neighborhoods and coverage details.
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 Denver families.
The verified list of Denver autism schools and programs, by age and grade, public and private.
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 Denver schools.
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 went missing 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.
First words, asking for help, and a reliable way to be understood, with speech therapists coordinated when you give permission.
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 Denver should not mean a clinic commute. From Green Valley Ranch to Bear Valley, we come to you.
Looking beyond therapy? See our guides to autism schools in Denver and autism resources in Denver for evaluation waitlists, DPS autism classrooms, support groups, and free sensory-friendly programs.
