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ABA Therapy Services in California
Compare 654 tracked clinic locations in California on dated evidence
Top ABA Therapy holds evidence on 654 clinic locations offering ABA therapy in California.
In California, the directory tracks 654 clinic locations across 555 organizations. Documented settings include in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Insurers mentioned on clinic websites include Private pay and Aetna; 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 California
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. Accel Therapies – ABA Therapy for Kids
Documents 6 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 8 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna. Lists private pay.
2. Behavioral Learning Network
Documents 6 settings, including community-based ABA therapy, early intervention ABA and in-home ABA therapy. Mentions 8 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon). Lists private pay.
3. Go behavioral LLC | ABA therapy
Documents 7 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 8 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon).
4. Rori Care
Documents 6 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, early intervention ABA and in-home ABA therapy. Mentions 8 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon). Lists private pay.
5. Behavior Frontiers
6 locations in California. 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.
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.
ABS Kids Autism Diagnosis Clinic
San Diego, CA
7 documented settings · mentions Medicaid and Private pay
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Mentions Medicaid, Private pay on its website.
Accel Therapies – ABA Therapy for Kids
Orange, CA
6 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 7 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Magellan Health and 5 more insurers on its website.
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Mentions Private pay on its website.
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Current insurance evidence unknown
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Current insurance evidence unknown
Advance Kids
Sacramento, CA
3 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Kaiser Permanente and 3 more insurers on its website.
Advanced ABA
Campbell, CA
4 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 3 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Kaiser Permanente and 1 more insurer on its website.
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Mentions Private pay on its website.
AIM Behavior Services
Chula Vista, CA
2 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 9 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon), Cigna and 7 more insurers on its website.
Ample Joy Aba Consulting Services, LLC
Los Angeles, CA
6 documented settings · mentions Medicaid, Private pay and 1 more insurer
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Mentions Medicaid, Private pay, TRICARE on its website.
Applied Behavior & Learning Enterprises, Inc.
Chatsworth, CA
6 documented settings · mentions Private pay
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Mentions Private pay on its website.
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Current insurance evidence unknown
In-home and center-based ABA therapy services in California
Of the 654 tracked locations in California, 205 document in-home ABA therapy.
55 of the 654 tracked locations in California mention Medicaid on their websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Other insurers named most often: Aetna (66) and UnitedHealthcare / Optum (59).
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
- 654 clinic locations in California are in our tracked dataset.
- Clinic organizations
- 555 organizations operate those locations.
- Cities with tracked providers
- 110 cities in California have at least one tracked clinic location.
- Largest tracked markets
- San Diego, 30 locations. Los Angeles, 18 locations. Irvine, 16 locations. San Jose, 16 locations. Bakersfield, 15 locations.
- Therapy settings documented
- 235 tracked clinics document In-home ABA therapy. 195 tracked clinics document Parent and caregiver training. 184 tracked clinics document School-based ABA therapy. 173 tracked clinics document Community-based ABA therapy.
- Insurers named on clinic websites
- 92 tracked clinics mention Private pay. 78 tracked clinics mention Aetna. 63 tracked clinics mention UnitedHealthcare / Optum. 58 tracked clinics mention Medicaid. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility.
| Evidence | Clinics that document it |
|---|---|
| In-home ABA therapy | 235 |
| Parent and caregiver training | 195 |
| School-based ABA therapy | 184 |
| Community-based ABA therapy | 173 |
| Early intervention ABA | 170 |
| Center-based ABA therapy | 157 |
| Social skills groups | 93 |
| Telehealth ABA therapy | 89 |
| Evidence | Tracked providers mentioning it |
|---|---|
| Private pay | 92 |
| Aetna | 78 |
| UnitedHealthcare / Optum | 63 |
| Medicaid | 58 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | 55 |
| TRICARE | 54 |
| Cigna | 44 |
| Humana | 30 |
| Kaiser Permanente | 27 |
| Magellan Health | 27 |
| Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon) | 17 |
| Molina Healthcare | 11 |
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 school-based ABA therapy. Behind the listings sit 555 distinct organizations. For autistic children in California, the path usually runs from evaluation to a clinic shortlist, which is what this page is for.
In-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training documented in California
The published evidence in California shows that 205 tracked clinics document in-home ABA therapy, 167 tracked clinics document parent and caregiver training, 165 tracked clinics document school-based ABA therapy and 156 tracked clinics document early intervention 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. School-based delivery works inside the classroom routine rather than around it. The absence of a setting in this data is missing evidence, not a statement about the clinic. Ask directly which of these settings a location can start with, and when.
California markets with tracked ABA clinics
110 California cities have a tracked clinic location on file. By tracked location count in our index, San Diego with 30 tracked locations, Los Angeles with 18 tracked locations, Irvine with 16 tracked locations, San Jose with 16 tracked locations and Bakersfield with 15 tracked locations carry the most. Our reach here follows published evidence, so it trails the market rather than anticipating it.
Insurance questions in California
Reading what clinics publish, 81 tracked clinics mention Private pay, 66 tracked clinics mention Aetna, 59 tracked clinics mention UnitedHealthcare / Optum and 55 tracked clinics mention Medicaid. A published plan name is not a statement about what your own policy funds. Verify with your plan administrator rather than with any directory, including this one.
How a program gets funded changes the paperwork more than it changes the clinical work. Authorization is usually the slowest step, so ask who is driving it. Reauthorization dates are worth putting in a calendar the day a program starts. Ask what a household pays if an authorization lapses partway through a program.
Choosing between ABA clinics in California
Ask to see how the functional behavior assessment turns into what happens on day one. Goals in the treatment plan should be specific enough to argue about. A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) designs the program and supervises the people delivering it. Ask what caseload the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) is currently carrying. Staff turnover among Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) roles is worth asking about directly.
Find out whether a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) is involved in your case. Get the monthly supervision hours in writing rather than as a reassurance on a call. Ask what parent training actually asks of you each week. If your child is preschool age, ask what the early intervention pathway looks like here. Request a sample of how progress data gets reported to families. Use these as a script for a first conversation rather than a scorecard for this list.
From first call to first session in California
A waitlist answer without a number is not an answer. The paperwork requirement is where most delays start, so settle it early. Ask how many hours a week the team can genuinely cover once a case opens. Find out how a shortfall between recommended and available hours gets handled. Queue length varies market by market, so ask more than one.
The list above is the evidence we hold on ABA therapy in California. The evidence behind these counts was published as of 2026. A near me search for ABA therapy in California rarely shows evidence dates; every listing above carries one. Choose a shortlist from the list above and call it this week.
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 California, this directory tracks ABA therapy services in Nevada, ABA therapy services in Arizona, ABA therapy services in Utah, ABA therapy services in Idaho, ABA therapy services in New Mexico, ABA therapy services in Oregon, ABA therapy services in Colorado and ABA therapy services in Washington.
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 California
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 California
What are the best ABA therapy clinics in California?
The best clinic is the one that fits your child. The top 5 list above orders California 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 California?
55 of the 654 tracked locations in California 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 California’s Medicaid program how it applies to ABA therapy.
Which insurers do ABA clinics in California mention?
California clinics name Aetna, UnitedHealthcare / Optum and Medicaid most often on their own websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Do more ABA clinics in California offer in-home or center-based therapy?
Of the 654 tracked locations in California, 205 document in-home ABA therapy, 145 document center-based ABA therapy and 156 document early intervention ABA. More tracked clinics in California 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 California?
Of the 654 tracked locations in California, 77 document telehealth ABA therapy and 165 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 California?
81 of the 654 tracked locations in California list private pay on their websites, and 167 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 should a family budget for ABA therapy in California?
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.
What is the waitlist like for ABA therapy in California?
We do not track waitlists, so this page cannot tell you. Queue length moves market by market and month by month, which is why asking two or three clinics in different markets gives a far better picture than asking one.
How many ABA clinic locations are tracked in California?
Our index evidences 654 clinic locations spread across 110 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.