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ABA Therapy Services in Virginia
See what 279 tracked locations in Virginia actually document
ABA therapy in Virginia is documented here across 279 tracked clinic locations.
At a glance: 279 tracked clinic locations run by 217 organizations serve Virginia. Documented settings include in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Insurers mentioned on clinic websites include Medicaid and Blue Cross Blue Shield; 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 Virginia
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. Behavioral Innovations – ABA Therapy For Kids with Autism
2 locations in Virginia. Documents 5 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, early intervention ABA and parent and caregiver training. Mentions 12 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon). Lists private pay.
2. All Star ABA Therapy
Documents 8 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 6 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Amerigroup / WellCare and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon). Lists private pay.
3. Blossom ABA Therapy
Documents 4 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Mentions 10 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Amerigroup / WellCare and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lists private pay.
4. Behavior Frontiers
Documents 6 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 7 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon). Lists private pay.
5. Comprehensive Autism Partnership Inc
3 locations in Virginia. Documents 6 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and in-home ABA therapy. Mentions 8 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Humana.
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.
ABA Around the World, LLC
Chesapeake, VA
2 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 2 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, TRICARE on its website.
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Mentions Private pay on its website.
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Above and Beyond
Virginia Beach, VA
6 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 3 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid, Private pay and 1 more insurer on its website.
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Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Henrico, VA
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Lorton, VA
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Charlottesville, VA
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Chantilly, VA
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 3 more insurers on its website.
In-home and center-based ABA therapy services in Virginia
Of the 279 tracked locations in Virginia, 154 document in-home ABA therapy and 114 document center-based ABA therapy.
79 of the 279 tracked locations in Virginia mention Medicaid on their websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Other insurers named most often: Blue Cross Blue Shield (59), Aetna (55) and TRICARE (48).
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
- 279 clinic locations in Virginia are in our tracked dataset.
- Clinic organizations
- 217 organizations operate those locations.
- Cities with tracked providers
- 41 cities in Virginia have at least one tracked clinic location.
- Largest tracked markets
- Richmond, 24 locations. Virginia Beach, 22 locations. Fairfax, 18 locations. Manassas, 16 locations. Alexandria, 11 locations.
- Therapy settings documented
- 159 tracked clinics document In-home ABA therapy. 119 tracked clinics document Parent and caregiver training. 116 tracked clinics document Center-based ABA therapy. 110 tracked clinics document School-based ABA therapy.
- Insurers named on clinic websites
- 81 tracked clinics mention Medicaid. 61 tracked clinics mention Blue Cross Blue Shield. 57 tracked clinics mention Aetna. 49 tracked clinics mention TRICARE. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility.
| Evidence | Clinics that document it |
|---|---|
| In-home ABA therapy | 159 |
| Parent and caregiver training | 119 |
| Center-based ABA therapy | 116 |
| School-based ABA therapy | 110 |
| Early intervention ABA | 104 |
| Community-based ABA therapy | 81 |
| Telehealth ABA therapy | 38 |
| Social skills groups | 37 |
| Evidence | Tracked providers mentioning it |
|---|---|
| Medicaid | 81 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | 61 |
| Aetna | 57 |
| TRICARE | 49 |
| Private pay | 48 |
| UnitedHealthcare / Optum | 39 |
| Cigna | 37 |
| Humana | 20 |
| Kaiser Permanente | 20 |
| Medicaid waiver programs | 13 |
| Molina Healthcare | 11 |
| Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon) | 10 |
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.
Counting operators rather than sites gives 217 distinct organizations. What clinics publish here includes in-home ABA therapy, parent and caregiver training and center-based ABA therapy. Our Virginia index touches 41 cities with at least one tracked location. Most ABA programs in Virginia serve autistic children, usually after a formal autism evaluation.
In-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training: what Virginia clinics document
Of the tracked locations in Virginia, 154 tracked clinics document in-home ABA therapy, 119 tracked clinics document parent and caregiver training, 114 tracked clinics document center-based ABA therapy and 107 tracked clinics document school-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. Center-based delivery means the child travels to a clinic where the environment is controlled. Setting is read from what each clinic publishes, so a location may offer more than the evidence shows. Ask directly which of these settings a location can start with, and when.
The shape of ABA supply in Virginia
Measured on tracked locations alone, Richmond with 24 tracked locations, Virginia Beach with 22 tracked locations, Fairfax with 18 tracked locations, Manassas with 16 tracked locations and Alexandria with 11 tracked locations carry the most in our index. This describes what we can evidence in Virginia, not everything operating in it.
Insurance questions in Virginia
Across tracked Virginia listings, 79 tracked clinics mention Medicaid, 59 tracked clinics mention Blue Cross Blue Shield, 55 tracked clinics mention Aetna and 48 tracked clinics mention TRICARE. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility. Verify with your plan administrator rather than with any directory, including this one.
Two households in the same market can reach the same clinic through completely different funding routes. Ask which authorization the program needs and who files it. Ask how far ahead the team starts work on the next reauthorization. Ask what happens to the schedule, and to the bill, if an authorization runs out.
What separates one ABA program from another in Virginia
The functional behavior assessment is where a serious team earns its first hour of your trust. Ask for the treatment plan in writing and read it for goals you would actually recognize. Every program should be able to name the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) accountable for it. Ask how often the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) observes sessions directly. Day to day sessions are usually run by a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT).
Ask whether a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) sits in the team structure. Supervision hours are the difference between a program and a babysitting rota. A program without parent training leaves the household holding nothing when the clinician leaves. Ask whether early intervention work is run by the same team or a separate one. Progress data you never see is progress data you cannot check. Directory inclusion answers none of these questions, which is why they are worth asking.
Before the first session in Virginia
A waitlist answer without a number is not an answer. Check which paperwork has to exist before an intake slot can be held. Hours matter as much as the start date, so ask how many a week the program can staff. Find out how a shortfall between recommended and available hours gets handled. Availability moves between markets, so a neighboring city sometimes starts sooner than the closest one.
What you see here is our tracked view of ABA therapy in Virginia. The evidence behind these counts was published as of 2026. Searching ABA therapy near me tends to surface advertising first; this page lists what clinics in Virginia actually document. Start with the locations above and get two or three conversations booked.
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 Virginia, this directory tracks ABA therapy services in Maryland, ABA therapy services in Delaware, ABA therapy services in Pennsylvania, ABA therapy services in North Carolina, ABA therapy services in New Jersey, ABA therapy services in New York, ABA therapy services in Ohio and ABA therapy services in Connecticut.
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 Virginia
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 Virginia
What are the best ABA therapy clinics in Virginia?
The best clinic is the one that fits your child. The top 5 list above orders Virginia 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 Virginia?
79 of the 279 tracked locations in Virginia 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 Virginia’s Medicaid program how it applies to ABA therapy.
Which insurers do ABA clinics in Virginia mention?
Virginia clinics name Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna and TRICARE most often on their own websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Do more ABA clinics in Virginia offer in-home or center-based therapy?
Of the 279 tracked locations in Virginia, 154 document in-home ABA therapy, 114 document center-based ABA therapy and 104 document early intervention ABA. More tracked clinics in Virginia 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 Virginia?
Of the 279 tracked locations in Virginia, 37 document telehealth ABA therapy and 107 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 Virginia?
46 of the 279 tracked locations in Virginia list private pay on their websites, and 119 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.
What does ABA therapy cost in Virginia?
We hold no price data, so any figure on this page would be invented. Cost turns on the funding route, the weekly hours authorized and what a household pays outside them, which is why the clinic and the plan administrator are the only two sources worth asking.
Are there waitlists for ABA therapy in Virginia?
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 big is the ABA market in Virginia?
Our index evidences 279 clinic locations spread across 41 cities. Clinics that publish nothing we can read are simply absent from the count rather than absent from the state.
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.