Directory evidence
ABA Therapy Services in New York
Dated, checkable clinic evidence for New York, with unknowns left visible
214 clinic locations offering ABA therapy in New York sit in the Top ABA Therapy index.
In New York, the directory tracks 214 clinic locations across 196 organizations. Documented settings include in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Insurers mentioned on clinic websites include Private pay and Medicaid; a mention is the clinic’s statement, not a plan’s. Every figure is derived from the directory index and carries the date it was checked.
Top 5 ABA therapy clinics in New York
Ordered by how much each clinic documents publicly: the service settings and insurers it names on its own website, then the directory’s evidence score. Payment never changes this order.
1. ABA A Step At A Time Care
Documents 6 settings, including community-based ABA therapy, early intervention ABA and in-home ABA therapy. Mentions 6 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon). Lists private pay.
2. Lighthouse ABA
Documents 5 settings, including community-based ABA therapy, in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Mentions 7 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Amerigroup / WellCare and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lists private pay.
3. Achievement Behavior Care & ABA Therapy
Documents 7 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 4 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna.
4. FLY Center NYC
Documents 4 settings, including in-home ABA therapy, parent and caregiver training and school-based ABA therapy. Mentions 4 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon). Lists private pay.
5. Living Soul of New York ABA, PLLC
Documents 4 settings, including community-based ABA therapy, in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Mentions 4 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Molina Healthcare. Lists private pay.
Insurers listed on a card are the ones the clinic names on its own website. A mention is not acceptance, network status or benefits. Confirm with the provider and your plan.
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ABA A Step At A Time Care
New York, NY
6 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon), Cigna and 3 more insurers on its website.
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Mentions Medicaid, Medicaid waiver programs on its website.
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Achievement Behavior Care & ABA Therapy
Malverne, NY
7 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 2 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare / Optum on its website.
ADHD & Autism Psychological Services and Advocacy PLLC
Syracuse, NY
6 documented settings · mentions UnitedHealthcare / Optum
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Mentions UnitedHealthcare / Optum on its website.
ADHD & Autism Psychological Services and Advocacy PLLC
Utica, NY
6 documented settings · mentions UnitedHealthcare / Optum
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Mentions UnitedHealthcare / Optum on its website.
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In-home and center-based ABA therapy services in New York
Of the 214 tracked locations in New York, 47 document in-home ABA therapy and 29 document center-based ABA therapy.
10 of the 214 tracked locations in New York mention Medicaid on their websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Other insurers named most often: Blue Cross Blue Shield (8) and UnitedHealthcare / Optum (8).
Terms you will see on clinic pages
Clinic pages and the evidence tables use four terms worth knowing before you compare.
- BCBA: Board Certified Behavior Analyst, the credential that designs and supervises a treatment plan
- RBT: Registered Behavior Technician, who delivers sessions under that supervision
- Discrete trial training (DTT): a skill taught in short, structured, repeated steps
- Natural environment teaching (NET): the same skill practised inside everyday routines and play
ABA therapy services documented in this area
- Tracked clinic locations
- 214 clinic locations in New York are in our tracked dataset.
- Clinic organizations
- 196 organizations operate those locations.
- Cities with tracked providers
- 33 cities in New York have at least one tracked clinic location.
- Largest tracked markets
- Brooklyn, 23 locations. Bronx, 18 locations. Spring Valley, 18 locations. Monsey, 14 locations. Woodmere, 12 locations.
- Therapy settings documented
- 47 tracked clinics document In-home ABA therapy. 44 tracked clinics document Parent and caregiver training. 33 tracked clinics document Community-based ABA therapy. 29 tracked clinics document Center-based ABA therapy.
- Insurers named on clinic websites
- 13 tracked clinics mention Private pay. 10 tracked clinics mention Medicaid. 8 tracked clinics mention Blue Cross Blue Shield. 8 tracked clinics mention UnitedHealthcare / Optum. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility.
| Evidence | Clinics that document it |
|---|---|
| In-home ABA therapy | 47 |
| Parent and caregiver training | 44 |
| Community-based ABA therapy | 33 |
| Center-based ABA therapy | 29 |
| School-based ABA therapy | 29 |
| Early intervention ABA | 23 |
| Social skills groups | 22 |
| Telehealth ABA therapy | 11 |
| Evidence | Tracked providers mentioning it |
|---|---|
| Private pay | 13 |
| Medicaid | 10 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | 8 |
| UnitedHealthcare / Optum | 8 |
| Aetna | 7 |
| Cigna | 5 |
| Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon) | 2 |
| Molina Healthcare | 2 |
| Amerigroup / WellCare | 1 |
| Centene / Ambetter | 1 |
| Medicaid waiver programs | 1 |
| TRICARE | 1 |
Observed 2026-10-13 from the Top ABA Therapy tracked provider dataset. These counts describe what this directory tracks, not the whole market. Anything we do not track stays unknown.
What clinics publish here includes in-home ABA therapy, parent and caregiver training and community-based ABA therapy. 33 New York cities have a tracked clinic location on file. 196 distinct organizations operate the tracked locations. The families searching here in New York are almost always doing so after an autism evaluation, and most clinics listed serve autistic children first.
In-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training in New York
Where New York clinics say how they work, 47 tracked clinics document in-home ABA therapy, 43 tracked clinics document parent and caregiver training, 32 tracked clinics document community-based ABA therapy and 29 tracked clinics document center-based ABA therapy. An in-home program puts the work in the rooms where the difficulty actually shows up. Caregiver training exists so the household can hold a strategy without the clinician present. Community-based sessions take the program into shops, parks and the other places a family already uses. A clinic that publishes nothing about setting is simply absent from these counts, not excluded from the market. Check the setting and the age range with the clinic before you shortlist.
How ABA clinic supply sits across New York
Measured on tracked locations alone, Brooklyn with 23 tracked locations, Bronx with 18 tracked locations, Spring Valley with 18 tracked locations, Monsey with 14 tracked locations and Woodmere with 12 tracked locations carry the most in our index. Treat these as index counts, not market share.
Insurance named on New York clinic websites
Among tracked clinics in New York, 13 tracked clinics mention Private pay, 10 tracked clinics mention Medicaid, 8 tracked clinics mention Blue Cross Blue Shield and 8 tracked clinics mention UnitedHealthcare / Optum. Treat a mention as a starting point for a phone call, never as a benefits decision. Verify with your plan administrator rather than with any directory, including this one.
Funding routes differ by plan type, so two families in one market can face very different paperwork. Ask what the clinic needs from a family before it can file for authorization. Ask how far ahead the team starts work on the next reauthorization. Ask what a household pays if an authorization lapses partway through a program.
Questions worth asking before you enroll in New York
A program normally opens with a functional behavior assessment before any teaching target is set. A treatment plan you cannot understand is a treatment plan you cannot hold anyone to. Ask who the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) on the case will be, and how often you will speak with them. Ask how much of the week the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) is physically on site. Day to day sessions are usually run by a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT).
Find out whether a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) is involved in your case. Thin supervision hours show up later as goals that stop moving. Parent training should be on the calendar, not offered as an afterthought. Early intervention places are often the scarcest, so ask about the queue early. Request a sample of how progress data gets reported to families. Nothing above says which clinic is right for a family, only which questions expose the difference.
Before the first session in New York
Ask what the queue looks like this month, not what it usually looks like. A diagnostic report and a referral are usually needed before an assessment can be booked. Weekly hours, not the start date, decide how fast anything changes. Ask who reopens the conversation if the program cannot staff what was recommended. Widening the search by a short drive often changes the wait more than anything else.
The list above is the evidence we hold on ABA therapy in New York. Every detail here reflects what clinics had published as of 2026. For anyone searching ABA therapy near me from New York, the clinics above are the ones with published evidence. Pick two or three, call them in one sitting, and compare the answers.
ABA therapy in neighbouring states
Families living near a state line often compare programs on both sides of it, because licensure rules and waiting times stop at the border even when the drive does not.
Alongside New York, this directory tracks ABA therapy services in New Jersey, ABA therapy services in Connecticut, ABA therapy services in Pennsylvania, ABA therapy services in Delaware, ABA therapy services in Rhode Island, ABA therapy services in Massachusetts, ABA therapy services in Maryland and ABA therapy services in New Hampshire.
What a listing here actually carries
Every provider listed for this area carries a source, a scope and a date you can inspect before you contact anyone.
- Evidence is dated at the point it was checked
- An unknown stays an unknown rather than a yes
- Inclusion is not a recommendation
Before you act on anything here
Directory inclusion is not a recommendation.
- Confirm the service model, ages served, billing and benefits, and current availability directly with each provider and your plan.
How to choose the right ABA clinic for your child in New York
The best clinic is the best fit for your child: a setting that suits your family, close supervision by a BCBA, and a schedule you can keep.
Four steps
Work through these before you commit to an intake.
- Shortlist two or three clinics above that document the setting your child needs
- Ask your insurer or Medicaid plan which of those clinics it works with before the first call
- Ask who supervises the program and how often the BCBA observes sessions
- Ask for the current wait time and whether the clinic keeps a waitlist
Questions for the first call
Ask every clinic the same six questions so the answers compare.
- How many hours a week do you recommend, and how is that decided?
- Who is the supervising BCBA, and how often will they see my child?
- How do you train parents and caregivers?
- What does a typical session look like at my child’s age?
- How do you measure progress, and how often will we review it together?
- What is your current wait time to start?
Questions families ask about ABA therapy services in New York
What are the best ABA therapy clinics in New York?
The best clinic is the one that fits your child. The top 5 list above orders New York clinics by how much each documents publicly; use it as a starting point, then compare setting, supervision and wait time on the first call.
Does Medicaid pay for ABA therapy in New York?
10 of the 214 tracked locations in New York mention Medicaid on their websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan. Under the federal EPSDT benefit, state Medicaid programs must provide medically necessary services to children under 21; ask New York’s Medicaid program how it applies to ABA therapy.
Which insurers do ABA clinics in New York mention?
New York clinics name Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield and UnitedHealthcare / Optum most often on their own websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Do more ABA clinics in New York offer in-home or center-based therapy?
Of the 214 tracked locations in New York, 47 document in-home ABA therapy, 29 document center-based ABA therapy and 22 document early intervention ABA. More tracked clinics in New York document in-home care than center-based care. Neither setting is better for every child, so ask each clinic which settings it can staff for your schedule.
Can I get telehealth or school-based ABA therapy in New York?
Of the 214 tracked locations in New York, 11 document telehealth ABA therapy and 29 document school-based ABA therapy. Telehealth is commonly used for caregiver coaching and supervision alongside in-person sessions, and school-based support depends on the school’s agreement, so ask each clinic how it delivers these services.
Can I pay privately for ABA therapy in New York?
13 of the 214 tracked locations in New York list private pay on their websites, and 43 document parent and caregiver training. If you plan to pay out of pocket, ask for written session rates, assessment fees and cancellation terms before starting, and request a superbill in case your plan reimburses out-of-network care.
How much does ABA therapy cost in New York?
Our index carries no prices and we will not estimate them. What decides the number is the funding route, the authorized weekly hours and the household share, so ask the clinic for its billing position and the plan administrator for yours.
How long is the wait for ABA therapy in New York?
No waitlist data reaches this index. What we can say is that queues differ sharply between neighboring markets, so widening the search by a short drive often changes the answer more than waiting does.
How many ABA clinics does New York have?
The count is 214 tracked clinic locations in 33 cities. Read it as the reach of this index rather than as the size of the market.
How we check this page
Every listing on this page is built from sources we can name, and every detail carries the date it was last read.
- Provider locations come from public business listings, reconciled to NPPES registry records where a match exists.
- Service settings and insurance mentions are read from each provider’s own website. A mention is never a statement of acceptance, network status or benefits.
- Addresses and coordinates come from the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder, never from a listing alone.
- This page was last rebuilt from the directory index on 2026-10-11.