Budding Futures ABA provides in-home and school-based ABA therapy for children with autism in Highlands Ranch, ages 18 months through 18 years.
Therapy is built into play and daily routines, in your own home, from Westridge to BackCountry.
We accept Health First Colorado (Medicaid), Aetna, Cigna, Anthem BCBS, and most major plans, with no current waitlist.
Most Budding Futures families choose in-home ABA therapy, with sessions in your own Highlands Ranch 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.
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 offers three kinds of ABA therapy for Highlands Ranch families. A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) writes the plan for each one.
One-on-one sessions in your home, built around your child's real routines. Most families start here. You are on this page.
Play-based ABA for toddlers from 18 months, with parent coaching built in.
Support at school when the school allows an outside provider. We reach out to the school for you.
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Budding Futures ABA sends a trained behavior therapist to your home or school anywhere in Highlands Ranch, 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.
Early intervention at Budding Futures ABA begins as young as 18 months, when play-based teaching has the most room to change a child’s trajectory. Early intervention ABA in Highlands Ranch →
A BCBA comes to your Highlands Ranch home, watches how your child plays and communicates, and builds the treatment plan from VB-MAPP and ABLLS-R baselines.
A registered behavior technician builds skills inside real routines, mornings, meals, play, and social time, so what your child learns actually sticks at home.
You learn the same strategies we use, and progress keeps going after the session ends.
Highlands Ranch kids attend the Douglas County School District. 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 review
She 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 Highlands Ranch, from Westridge to BackCountry.
Don’t see your neighborhood? Call us, we probably cover it. We also serve Littleton, Centennial, 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 Highlands Ranch 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 Highlands Ranch schools.
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.
Just got the diagnosis? Start with our next steps for Highlands Ranch families.
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.
From Westridge to BackCountry, we come to you.
Looking beyond therapy? See our guide to autism resources in Highlands Ranch for local support groups, school and Child Find help, Medicaid guidance, and parent communities.
