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ABA therapy providers in California
Compare 265 tracked provider locations in California on dated evidence
Top ABA Therapy holds evidence on 265 provider locations offering ABA therapy in California.
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Autism Spectrum Connection – ASC Behavioral
Garden Grove, CA
Services
Insurance evidence
Current insurance evidence unknown
Autism Spectrum Consultants
Irvine, CA
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Insurance evidence
1 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Autism Spectrum Therapies AST
Sacramento, CA
Services
Insurance evidence
2 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Autism Spectrum Therapies AST
San Diego, CA
Services
Insurance evidence
2 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Autism Spectrum Therapies AST
San Gabriel, CA
Services
Insurance evidence
2 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Autism Spectrum Therapies AST
Santa Ana, CA
Services
Insurance evidence
2 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Autism Spectrum Therapies AST
Temecula, CA
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Insurance evidence
2 current provider-reported assertion(s). Confirm benefits and network status.
Autism Tree
San Diego, CA
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Insurance evidence
Current insurance evidence unknown
Autism, Advocacy, and Intervention
Clearlake, CA
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Insurance evidence
Current insurance evidence unknown
Baler Autism Center
Hollister, CA
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Current insurance evidence unknown
Behavior All-Stars
San Diego, CA
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Current insurance evidence unknown
Behavior Analytic Solutions
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Current insurance evidence unknown
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What is documented for this area
- Tracked provider locations
- 265 provider locations in California are in our tracked dataset.
- Provider organizations
- 183 organizations operate those locations.
- Shown on this page
- 12 of the 265 tracked locations appear on this page. The rest continue on the following pages.
- Cities with tracked providers
- 89 cities in California have at least one tracked provider location.
- Largest tracked markets
- San Diego, 28 locations. Los Angeles, 17 locations. San Jose, 16 locations. Irvine, 15 locations. Sacramento, 15 locations.
- Therapy settings documented
- 195 tracked providers document In-home ABA therapy. 160 tracked providers document Parent and caregiver training. 157 tracked providers document School-based ABA therapy. 150 tracked providers document Early intervention ABA.
- Payer mentions on provider websites
- 80 tracked providers mention Private pay. 64 tracked providers mention Aetna. 56 tracked providers mention UnitedHealthcare / Optum. 53 tracked providers mention Medicaid. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility.
| Evidence | Tracked providers documenting it |
|---|---|
| In-home ABA therapy | 195 |
| Parent and caregiver training | 160 |
| School-based ABA therapy | 157 |
| Early intervention ABA | 150 |
| Community-based ABA therapy | 145 |
| Center-based ABA therapy | 137 |
| Social skills groups | 82 |
| Telehealth ABA therapy | 72 |
| Evidence | Tracked providers mentioning it |
|---|---|
| Private pay | 80 |
| Aetna | 64 |
| UnitedHealthcare / Optum | 56 |
| Medicaid | 53 |
| TRICARE | 50 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | 44 |
| Cigna | 36 |
| Humana | 29 |
| Kaiser Permanente | 24 |
| Magellan Health | 24 |
| Carelon Behavioral Health (Beacon) | 14 |
| Molina Healthcare | 10 |
Observed 2026-08-29 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 providers publish here includes in-home ABA therapy, parent and caregiver training and school-based ABA therapy. Behind the listings sit 183 distinct organizations. For autistic children in California, the path usually runs from evaluation to a provider 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 195 tracked providers document in-home ABA therapy, 160 tracked providers document parent and caregiver training, 157 tracked providers document school-based ABA therapy and 150 tracked providers 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 provider. Ask directly which of these settings a location can start with, and when.
California markets with tracked ABA providers
89 California cities have a tracked provider location on file. By tracked location count in our index, San Diego with 28 tracked locations, Los Angeles with 17 tracked locations, San Jose with 16 tracked locations, Irvine with 15 tracked locations and Sacramento 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 providers publish, 80 tracked providers mention Private pay, 64 tracked providers mention Aetna, 56 tracked providers mention UnitedHealthcare / Optum and 53 tracked providers 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 providers 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 questions this page gets asked in California
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 provider 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 providers in different markets gives a far better picture than asking one.
How many ABA provider locations are tracked in California?
Our index evidences 265 provider locations spread across 89 cities. Providers that publish nothing we can read are simply absent from the count rather than absent from the state.
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 providers in Nevada, ABA therapy providers in Arizona, ABA therapy providers in Utah, ABA therapy providers in Idaho, ABA therapy providers in New Mexico, ABA therapy providers in Oregon, ABA therapy providers in Colorado and ABA therapy providers 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.