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Aurora provider comparison, facts checked September 14, 2026

How Budding Futures compares with eight other ABA providers in Aurora

Aurora spans three counties, and its ABA options range from toddler-only centers to in-home teams, so the setting you want narrows the list quickly. This page puts Budding Futures next to eight other ABA providers that serve Aurora families, one question at a time: where therapy happens, which ages each one takes, Health First Colorado, parent training and availability. If you already know you want therapy at home, our page on in-home ABA therapy in Aurora covers how it works there.

Budding Futures ABA publishes this comparison. We list ourselves first because we can describe our own program in the most detail. The order is not a ranking, and every fact about another provider comes from that provider's own website or the state Medicaid list.

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20 providers

on Health First Colorado's behavioral therapy list name Aurora in their service area. This page compares the ones parents are most likely to call.

The comparison at a glance

Each row is one provider and each column is one thing parents compare. Budding Futures is the first row because we publish this page. Tap a name to jump to its full write-up, or read the sections below for one question at a time.

"Not stated" means the provider's website did not say, not that the answer is no. "On the state list" means the provider appears on Health First Colorado's Pediatric Behavioral Therapies provider list. Checked September 14, 2026.
ProviderSettingAgesUnder 3Parent trainingHealth First ColoradoAvailabilityFits families who
1. Budding Futures ABA
Publisher of this guide
In-homeSchool
18 months to 18 years
From 18 months
Built into every plan, 10 to 20% of hours
On the state list
Says no waitlist
want therapy at home, starting as young as 18 months
2. BehaviorSpan
Center
1 to 6 years
From 12 months
Yes
On the state list
Says no waitlist
want an intensive center program just for ages 1 to 6
3. Action Behavior Centers
Center
18 months to 8 years
From 18 months
BCBA family sessions twice a month
On the state list
Says no waitlist
want a center for a child 18 months to 8
4. BlueSprig Autism
In-homeCenterSchoolDaycare or communityTelehealth
Birth to 18 years
Yes
Yes
Website says yes
Not stated
want an age-banded center program with a start in the first years
5. Behavioral Innovations
CenterTelehealth
18 months to 10 years
From 18 months
Built into every plan
On the state list
Not stated
want a center that can diagnose and treat a child 18 months to 10
6. Woven Care
In-homeCenterDaycare or community
Up to 8 in clinic, 21 at home
Not stated
Yes
Website says yes
Says no waitlist
want ABA with speech, OT and PT at the same clinic
7. Key Autism Services
In-homeCenterSchoolDaycare or communityTelehealth
From 6 months
From 6 months
Weekly parent and caregiver training
On the state list
Not stated
want in-home ABA that can start in the first year of life
8. Insight Behavior Partnership
In-homeCenterTelehealth
Not stated
Not stated
Required, usually weekly with the BCBA
On the state list
Not stated
want a small BCBA-founded team with required weekly parent training
9. Soar Autism Center
Center
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
want ABA, OT, speech and diagnostics under one roof

Home or center: where each provider works

Five of the nine providers here offer ABA in your home: Budding Futures ABA, BlueSprig Autism, Woven Care, Key Autism Services and Insight Behavior Partnership. Eight run a center: BehaviorSpan, Action Behavior Centers, BlueSprig Autism, Behavioral Innovations, Woven Care, Key Autism Services, Insight Behavior Partnership and Soar Autism Center. Several do both, so ask which setting has openings for your child's age.

Budding Futures ABA does not run a center at all. With that provider, sessions happen at home and, depending on the provider, in daycare, the community or at school. Budding Futures works in homes across Colorado and inside schools when the district allows it.

Which setting fits your child

If this sounds like your childLook atWhy
Most struggles happen at home: meals, sleep, potty training, getting dressedIn-homeThe therapist works on the routine in the place it happens.
Your child is 18 months to 3 and not in daycareIn-home or a toddler centerBoth work. Home keeps a young child in a familiar place; a center adds other kids.
You want peer play and a classroom-style dayCenter-basedCenters can run groups and practice-classroom programs a home cannot.
You need several hours of care away from home while you workCenter-basedA center schedule doubles as structured time out of the house.
A new adult at home is likely to upset your childCenter-based to startHome is some children's one safe space. Starting elsewhere can be gentler.
Your child is in preschool or school and struggles thereA provider that works with schoolsAsk whether they can support your child at school where the district allows it.

"In-home aba has saved my kids, and i am grateful to be able to observe all therapy so i know it isn't abusive."

a parent on r/Autism_Parenting, on Reddit

Ages each provider takes, and who starts under 3

Budding Futures ABA, BehaviorSpan, Action Behavior Centers, BlueSprig Autism, Behavioral Innovations and Key Autism Services say they work with children under 3. Some centers stop at age 5, 8 or 10, so the upper age matters too if your child is already in school. Insight Behavior Partnership and Soar Autism Center do not publish an age range, so ask on the first call.

  • Budding Futures ABA: 18 months to 18 years
  • BehaviorSpan: 1 to 6 years
  • Action Behavior Centers: 18 months to 8 years
  • BlueSprig Autism: Birth to 18 years
  • Behavioral Innovations: 18 months to 10 years
  • Woven Care: Up to 8 in clinic, 21 at home
  • Key Autism Services: From 6 months
  • Insight Behavior Partnership: Not stated
  • Soar Autism Center: Not stated

For a child under 3, Colorado's free Early Intervention program can run alongside ABA, and with your permission the two teams share goals. Here is how that works with Budding Futures: early intervention ABA in Aurora.

Health First Colorado and insurance, provider by provider

Budding Futures ABA, BehaviorSpan, Action Behavior Centers, Behavioral Innovations, Key Autism Services and Insight Behavior Partnership appear on Health First Colorado's Pediatric Behavioral Therapies provider list. BlueSprig Autism and Woven Care say on their own websites that they take Health First Colorado. Soar Autism Center does not say either way.

If your child has Health First Colorado, the state's behavioral therapy benefit does not require an autism diagnosis when therapy is medically necessary. Aurora is in Arapahoe County, with the north side of the city in Adams County, where Medicaid is managed regionally by Colorado Access. With private insurance, ask each provider to check your exact plan before the first session, because the same carrier can cover ABA differently from one employer plan to the next.

Parent training: who builds it in

Eight of the nine providers describe parent training or parent involvement on their websites. The wording differs from site to site, so the list below uses each provider's own description.

  • Budding Futures ABA: Built into every plan, 10 to 20% of hours
  • BehaviorSpan: Yes
  • Action Behavior Centers: BCBA family sessions twice a month
  • BlueSprig Autism: Yes
  • Behavioral Innovations: Built into every plan
  • Woven Care: Yes
  • Key Autism Services: Weekly parent and caregiver training
  • Insight Behavior Partnership: Required, usually weekly with the BCBA
  • Soar Autism Center: Not stated

At Budding Futures, parent coaching takes 10 to 20% of therapy hours and is written into every plan, so the skills your child learns with the therapist keep working at dinner and bedtime.

Availability and waitlists as published

On their websites, Budding Futures ABA, BehaviorSpan, Action Behavior Centers and Woven Care say there is no waitlist. The other five do not publish anything about availability.

Openings change month to month, so ask two questions on the first call: is there a wait for the assessment, and is a therapist free at the hours your child needs.

What the nine providers publish, counted

Take children under 36 of 9
Offer therapy in your home5 of 9
Offer therapy at a center8 of 9
Describe parent training on their site8 of 9
Publish anything about a waitlist4 of 9
Appear on the Health First Colorado provider list6 of 9

Counts include Budding Futures. "Publish anything about a waitlist" means the site says there is, or is not, a waitlist; four say there is none. Separately, 20 providers on the state's Pediatric Behavioral Therapies list name Aurora in their service area, and 13 more name only the county.

The providers, one by one

Each write-up covers setting, ages, parent involvement, insurance and availability, using only what the provider publishes. Budding Futures comes first because this is our site and we can describe our own program in the most detail. The rest follow in no particular order.

1Budding Futures ABA

Fits families who want therapy at home, starting as young as 18 months

Budding Futures does not have a center. Sessions take place at home, where a behavior technician works with your child and a BCBA designs and checks the program. Aurora families are a regular part of our in-home schedule.

What therapy looks like for a young child

We start as young as 18 months and keep working with kids through age 18. For a toddler, sessions look like play: requesting a snack, taking turns with a toy, washing hands. The teaching method is called Natural Environment Teaching, and it builds skills inside real routines instead of at a table. Your child is allowed to say no. Sessions run on positive reinforcement and assent, with room for breaks, and no punishment-based techniques.

Parent coaching and the same therapist

Coaching for parents is built in, at roughly 10 to 20% of the hours. The goal is simple: the skills your child learns with the therapist should also work with you. Your child keeps the same technician, so nobody has to start over every few weeks.

Who runs your child's plan

A BCBA supervises about 20% of therapy hours, which is four times the BACB minimum. Rachel Blackburn, BCBA, is our Clinical Director. The BCBA assesses your child at home with VB-MAPP and ABLLS-R, sets the goals, and every session is logged in CentralReach, so you see graphs instead of guesses.

School, insurance and start times

School-based ABA is possible where a district allows outside providers. We contact the school, share goals with your permission and push for access, but the final call belongs to the district. More on how that works: school-based ABA in Aurora.

We take Health First Colorado (Medicaid, Provider Types 83 and 84), Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Anthem BCBS and TRICARE, and we verify coverage for free first. Most Health First Colorado families pay $0, and we never balance-bill. There is no waitlist right now. Most families wrap up intake in a couple of weeks and start right after, once insurance approval comes through.

Setting
In-home, School
Ages
18 months to 18 years
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
Built into every plan, 10 to 20% of hours
Health First Colorado
On the state provider list
Availability
Website says no waitlist
Location
Therapists come to homes across Aurora

2BehaviorSpan

Fits families who want an intensive center program just for ages 1 to 6

BehaviorSpan only works with children ages 1 to 6, in centers. Its model is intensive, up to 40 hours a week, and its site gives an average of 1.5 years before a child graduates from the program. The site says it has no waitlist and that Medicaid covers the full cost for eligible families. Its center closest to Aurora is at 14707 E 2nd Ave GL100, Aurora, CO 80011.

Worth a call if your child is young, you want a full-time center schedule, and you are ready for many hours a week.

From BehaviorSpan's website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
Center
Ages
1 to 6 years
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
Yes
Health First Colorado
On the state provider list
Availability
Website says no waitlist
Nearest location
14707 E 2nd Ave GL100, Aurora, CO 80011

3Action Behavior Centers

Fits families who want a center for a child 18 months to 8

Action Behavior Centers runs center-based ABA for children 18 months to 8 years old. Its site says in-home therapy is only offered in Texas, so in Colorado this is a center program. Each child's BCBA leads Family Guidance sessions twice a month, the company offers autism diagnostic evaluations, and its site says there is no waitlist. Its center closest to Aurora is at 6040 South Gun Club Road STE G8, Aurora, CO 80016.

Worth a call if you want a structured center with other kids, your child is under 9, and you may also need a diagnosis.

From Action Behavior Centers's website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
Center
Ages
18 months to 8 years
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
BCBA family sessions twice a month
Health First Colorado
On the state provider list
Availability
Website says no waitlist
Nearest location
6040 South Gun Club Road STE G8, Aurora, CO 80016
A child's hand placing pieces on a shape sorter

4BlueSprig Autism

Fits families who want an age-banded center program with a start in the first years

BlueSprig runs six Denver-area centers and offers center, in-home and school services. Its programs are grouped by age, starting with Sprouts for the youngest children and running through Trailblazers at 18. It accepts Medicaid, TRICARE, Kaiser and other major plans, and asks families to come with an existing autism diagnosis. Its center closest to Aurora is at 1330 S Potomac St Suite 111, Aurora, CO 80012.

Worth a call if your child already has a diagnosis and you want a center program that grows with them.

From BlueSprig Autism's website (source 1), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
In-home, Center, School, Daycare or community, Telehealth
Ages
Birth to 18 years
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
Yes
Health First Colorado
Website says it accepts Medicaid
Availability
Not published
Nearest location
1330 S Potomac St Suite 111, Aurora, CO 80012

5Behavioral Innovations

Fits families who want a center that can diagnose and treat a child 18 months to 10

Behavioral Innovations runs one-to-one, center-based ABA for children 18 months to 10 years, with parent training as a standard part of the program. It offers diagnostic evaluations, accepts Medicaid and has Spanish-speaking staff. An intake advocate checks insurance the same day you reach out. Its center closest to Aurora is at 20971 E Smoky Hill Rd, Suite 102, Aurora, CO 80015.

Worth a call if you want testing and therapy from one provider and a quick insurance answer.

From Behavioral Innovations's website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
Center, Telehealth
Ages
18 months to 10 years
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
Built into every plan
Health First Colorado
On the state provider list
Availability
Not published
Nearest location
20971 E Smoky Hill Rd, Suite 102, Aurora, CO 80015

6Woven Care

Fits families who want ABA with speech, OT and PT at the same clinic

Woven Care is a pediatric clinic with ABA, speech, occupational and physical therapy under one roof. It offers in-clinic ABA up to age 8 and in-home ABA up to 21, has Spanish-speaking services and says there is no waitlist. It accepts Health First Colorado and TRICARE. Its center closest to Aurora is at 3131 S Vaughn Way, Suite 110, Aurora, CO 80014.

Worth a call if your child needs several therapies and you want them coordinated in one place.

From Woven Care's website (source 1, source 2), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
In-home, Center, Daycare or community
Ages
Up to 8 in clinic, 21 at home
Under 3
Not stated
Parent involvement
Yes
Health First Colorado
Website says it accepts Medicaid
Availability
Website says no waitlist
Nearest location
3131 S Vaughn Way, Suite 110, Aurora, CO 80014

7Key Autism Services

Fits families who want in-home ABA that can start in the first year of life

Key Autism Services works with children from 6 months old, at home and at its Centennial center, which has 14 therapy rooms, a sensory gym and a mock classroom. Parents get weekly training sessions. It accepts Medicaid and major commercial plans.

Worth a call if your child is very young and you want in-home therapy with a center option in the metro.

From Key Autism Services's website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
In-home, Center, School, Daycare or community, Telehealth
Ages
From 6 months
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
Weekly parent and caregiver training
Health First Colorado
On the state provider list
Availability
Not published

8Insight Behavior Partnership

Fits families who want a small BCBA-founded team with required weekly parent training

Four BCBAs founded Insight Behavior Partnership in 2018, and the team has grown to 8 BCBAs. It offers one-to-one ABA at home and at its Aurora location. Parent training with the BCBA is required and usually happens once a week. Its center closest to Aurora is at 12331 E. Cornell Avenue, Aurora, CO 80014.

Worth a call if you want a smaller local team and you are ready to commit to weekly parent training.

From Insight Behavior Partnership's website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
In-home, Center, Telehealth
Ages
Not stated
Under 3
Not stated
Parent involvement
Required, usually weekly with the BCBA
Health First Colorado
On the state provider list
Availability
Not published
Nearest location
12331 E. Cornell Avenue, Aurora, CO 80014

9Soar Autism Center

Fits families who want ABA, OT, speech and diagnostics under one roof

Soar Autism Center offers ABA, occupational therapy, speech therapy, diagnostics and medical services at each center. Its ABA is based on the Early Start Denver Model, a play-based approach, and its clinicians pursue ESDM certification. Its center closest to Aurora is at 16401 E. Centretech Parkway, Suite 2, Aurora, CO 80011.

Worth a call if your child needs a diagnosis or several therapies and you want one center to handle it.

From Soar Autism Center's website (source 1, source 2), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
Center
Ages
Not stated
Under 3
Not stated
Parent involvement
Not stated
Health First Colorado
Not stated
Availability
Not published
Nearest location
16401 E. Centretech Parkway, Suite 2, Aurora, CO 80011

What Budding Futures does differently for Aurora families

  • Therapy comes to you. Budding Futures does not run a center. Sessions happen in your home and, when the district allows it, inside your child's school.
  • From 18 months to 18 years. A toddler can start with us, and the same team can stay with your child through the school years.
  • Parents are coached, not just updated. Ten to 20% of therapy hours go to parent coaching, written into the plan.
  • One therapist your child knows. We keep the same technician with your child, so sessions do not restart with a stranger.
  • A named BCBA on every plan. Rachel Blackburn, BCBA, is our Clinical Director, and about 20% of hours are supervised by a BCBA when clinically appropriate.
  • No current waitlist. We do not have a waitlist for the assessment right now, and most Health First Colorado families pay $0.

If you want a center with other kids and a classroom-style day, BehaviorSpan, Action Behavior Centers, BlueSprig Autism, Behavioral Innovations, Woven Care, Key Autism Services, Insight Behavior Partnership and Soar Autism Center are the providers on this list that run one.

Questions about comparing ABA providers in Aurora

Which providers on this Aurora list take Health First Colorado?
Budding Futures ABA, BehaviorSpan, Action Behavior Centers, Behavioral Innovations, Key Autism Services and Insight Behavior Partnership appear on Health First Colorado's Pediatric Behavioral Therapies provider list. BlueSprig Autism and Woven Care say on their own websites that they take Health First Colorado. Coverage details change, so ask each provider to confirm your child's plan before the first session.
Is Budding Futures the only provider here without a center?
Yes. Budding Futures is the only provider on this list that does not run a center. Sessions happen at home, and inside a school when the district allows it. Every other provider here runs at least one center.
How do the providers compare on parent training?
Eight of the nine providers describe parent training or parent involvement on their websites, in their own words. At Budding Futures, parent coaching takes 10 to 20% of therapy hours and is part of every plan. Ask each provider how many hours a month go to parents.
Can we switch ABA providers after we start?
Yes. Coverage belongs to your child, not to the provider. A new provider usually runs its own assessment and asks your plan for its own authorization, so ask how long that takes before you end services with the old one.

How we built this comparison

We started with Health First Colorado's Pediatric Behavioral Therapies provider list and the providers Aurora parents are most likely to find and call. We kept providers with a location in or near Aurora, or a service page naming it, and read each one's website on September 14, 2026. Every fact about another provider matches text on its own site. If a site did not say something, the table says "Not stated." Providers change hours, ages and insurance often, so confirm details when you call.

  1. BehaviorSpan: website
  2. Action Behavior Centers: website
  3. BlueSprig Autism: website
  4. Behavioral Innovations: website
  5. Woven Care: website
  6. Key Autism Services: website
  7. Insight Behavior Partnership: website
  8. Soar Autism Center: website
  9. Health First Colorado: Pediatric Behavioral Therapies provider list and benefit page

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