Directory evidence
ABA Therapy Services in Hawaii
See what 37 tracked locations in Hawaii actually document
Our index records 37 clinic locations offering ABA therapy in Hawaii.
At a glance: 37 tracked clinic locations run by 37 organizations serve Hawaii. Documented settings include community-based ABA therapy and in-home ABA therapy. Insurers mentioned on clinic websites include TRICARE and Private pay; 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 Hawaii
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. Alpaca Health ABA Therapy
Documents 7 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 6 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna. Lists private pay.
2. Hawaii Behavioral Health LLC
Documents 6 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions 5 insurers on its website, including Kaiser Permanente, Medicaid and Medicaid waiver programs.
3. ABA STEPS, LLC
Documents 7 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions Cigna, Kaiser Permanente and TRICARE on its website.
4. ACES ABA – Autism Therapy Center
Documents 6 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA. Mentions Aetna, Humana and TRICARE on its website. Lists private pay.
5. ABC Group Hawaii
Documents 8 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, community-based ABA therapy and early intervention ABA.
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 Positive Support Services
Waipahu, HI
2 documented settings · mentions Kaiser Permanente and TRICARE
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Mentions Kaiser Permanente, TRICARE on its website.
ABA STEPS, LLC
Kailua, HI
7 documented settings · mentions Cigna, Kaiser Permanente and 1 more insurer
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Mentions Cigna, Kaiser Permanente, TRICARE on its website.
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Current insurance evidence unknown
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Mentions TRICARE on its website.
Behavior Analysis No Ka Oi, Inc.
Honolulu, HI
2 documented settings · mentions Kaiser Permanente and Private pay
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Mentions Kaiser Permanente, Private pay on its website.
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Current insurance evidence unknown
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Hawaii Behavioral Health LLC
Honolulu, HI
6 documented settings · mentions Kaiser Permanente, Medicaid and 3 more insurers
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Mentions Kaiser Permanente, Medicaid, Medicaid waiver programs, TRICARE and 1 more insurer on its website.
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Current insurance evidence unknown
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In-home and center-based ABA therapy services in Hawaii
Of the 37 tracked locations in Hawaii, 14 document in-home ABA therapy.
No tracked location in Hawaii mentions Medicaid on its website yet, so ask each clinic directly.
Other insurers named most often: TRICARE (8), Kaiser Permanente (5) and Cigna (3).
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
- 37 clinic locations in Hawaii are in our tracked dataset.
- Clinic organizations
- 37 organizations operate those locations.
- Cities with tracked providers
- 5 cities in Hawaii have at least one tracked clinic location.
- Largest tracked markets
- Honolulu, 16 locations. Ewa Beach, 10 locations. Kailua, 6 locations. Kapolei, 3 locations.
- Therapy settings documented
- 18 tracked clinics document Community-based ABA therapy. 15 tracked clinics document In-home ABA therapy. 12 tracked clinics document Parent and caregiver training. 10 tracked clinics document Early intervention ABA.
- Insurers named on clinic websites
- 9 tracked clinics mention TRICARE. 6 tracked clinics mention Private pay. 5 tracked clinics mention Kaiser Permanente. 3 tracked clinics mention Cigna. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility.
| Evidence | Clinics that document it |
|---|---|
| Community-based ABA therapy | 18 |
| In-home ABA therapy | 15 |
| Parent and caregiver training | 12 |
| Early intervention ABA | 10 |
| Center-based ABA therapy | 9 |
| School-based ABA therapy | 9 |
| Social skills groups | 7 |
| Telehealth ABA therapy | 6 |
| Evidence | Tracked providers mentioning it |
|---|---|
| TRICARE | 9 |
| Private pay | 6 |
| Kaiser Permanente | 5 |
| Cigna | 3 |
| Medicaid | 3 |
| UnitedHealthcare / Optum | 3 |
| Aetna | 2 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | 1 |
| Humana | 1 |
| Medicaid waiver programs | 1 |
| Molina Healthcare | 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.
Ownership across the tracked locations runs to 37 distinct organizations. Published evidence here names community-based ABA therapy, in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. 5 cities in Hawaii carry at least one tracked clinic location. The families searching here in Hawaii are almost always doing so after an autism evaluation, and most clinics listed serve autistic children first.
What community-based and in-home ABA therapy looks like in Hawaii
In this market 17 tracked clinics document community-based ABA therapy, 14 tracked clinics document in-home ABA therapy, 12 tracked clinics document parent and caregiver training and 10 tracked clinics document early intervention ABA therapy. Community-based sessions take the program into shops, parks and the other places a family already uses. In-home delivery removes the commute and puts teaching into the family’s own routine. Caregiver training exists so the household can hold a strategy without the clinician present. These counts describe published evidence, not the full service list of any location. Ask each location which setting it actually runs today and for which ages.
ABA therapy across Hawaii
By tracked location count in our index, Honolulu with 16 tracked locations, Ewa Beach with 10 tracked locations, Kailua with 6 tracked locations and Kapolei with 3 tracked locations carry the most. This describes what we can evidence in Hawaii, not everything operating in it.
Which insurance Hawaii clinics mention
The published mentions in Hawaii break down as follows: 8 tracked clinics mention TRICARE, 6 tracked clinics mention Private pay, 5 tracked clinics mention Kaiser Permanente and 3 tracked clinics mention Cigna. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility. Confirm billing with the clinic and benefits with your plan administrator before the first session.
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. Put the reauthorization cycle in writing before the first session, not after it. A lapse should have a stated answer about cost before it ever happens.
Working through a shortlist in Hawaii
The functional behavior assessment is where a serious team earns its first hour of your trust. Ask how often the treatment plan is revisited and who signs off on a change. Every program should be able to name the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) accountable for it. Ask how much of the week the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) is physically on site. A Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) delivers the sessions under supervision.
Some teams also place a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) between those two roles. Thin supervision hours show up later as goals that stop moving. A program without parent training leaves the household holding nothing when the clinician leaves. For a younger child, ask whether the team runs an early intervention track and what the entry criteria are. Progress data you never see is progress data you cannot check. Nothing above says which clinic is right for a family, only which questions expose the difference.
From first call to first session in Hawaii
Ask how long the current queue is and what the last three intakes waited. A diagnostic report and a referral are usually needed before an assessment can be booked. Ask how many hours a week the team can genuinely cover once a case opens. Ask who reopens the conversation if the program cannot staff what was recommended. Two markets an hour apart can have entirely different queues.
The list above is the evidence we hold on ABA therapy in Hawaii. Every detail here reflects what clinics had published as of 2026. This is what ABA therapy near me should mean in Hawaii: tracked locations, documented settings, and the date each was checked. Work down the list, shortlist a handful, and ask every one of them the same questions.
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 Hawaii, this directory tracks ABA therapy services in California, ABA therapy services in Oregon, ABA therapy services in Washington, ABA therapy services in Nevada, ABA therapy services in Alaska, ABA therapy services in Idaho, ABA therapy services in Arizona and ABA therapy services in Utah.
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 Hawaii
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 Hawaii
What are the best ABA therapy clinics in Hawaii?
The best clinic is the one that fits your child. The top 5 list above orders Hawaii 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 Hawaii?
No tracked location in Hawaii mentions Medicaid on its website yet, so ask each clinic directly. Under the federal EPSDT benefit, state Medicaid programs must provide medically necessary services to children under 21; ask Hawaii’s Medicaid program how it applies to ABA therapy.
Which insurers do ABA clinics in Hawaii mention?
Hawaii clinics name TRICARE, Kaiser Permanente and Cigna most often on their own websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Do more ABA clinics in Hawaii offer in-home or center-based therapy?
Of the 37 tracked locations in Hawaii, 14 document in-home ABA therapy, 9 document center-based ABA therapy and 10 document early intervention ABA. More tracked clinics in Hawaii 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 Hawaii?
Of the 37 tracked locations in Hawaii, 6 document telehealth ABA therapy and 9 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 Hawaii?
6 of the 37 tracked locations in Hawaii list private pay on their websites, and 12 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.
Is ABA therapy expensive in Hawaii?
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 quickly can a family start ABA therapy in Hawaii?
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 clinics does Hawaii have?
This page carries 37 tracked clinic locations across 5 cities. That is what our index can evidence, not a census of the state, and anything we cannot evidence stays off the page.
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.