Directory evidence
ABA Therapy Services in Richmond, VA
Every clinic listed for Richmond, Virginia carries the date its evidence was checked
Top ABA Therapy tracks 24 clinic locations offering ABA therapy in Richmond, Virginia.
In Richmond, Virginia, the directory tracks 24 clinic locations across 23 organizations. Documented settings include in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Insurers mentioned on clinic websites include Medicaid 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 Richmond, VA
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. Recognizing Children’s Gifts Behavioral Health Network
Documents 5 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, early intervention ABA and in-home ABA therapy. Mentions 9 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna.
2. Ally Behavior Centers
Documents 5 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 Cigna. Lists private pay.
3. Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Documents 5 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, early intervention ABA and in-home ABA therapy. Mentions 6 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna. Lists private pay.
4. Big Heart ABA Therapy
Documents 4 settings, including early intervention ABA, in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Mentions 6 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna. Lists private pay.
5. TASKids
Documents 4 settings, including center-based ABA therapy, in-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training. Mentions 6 insurers on its website, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna.
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.
Acorn Health ABA Therapy
Midlothian, 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.
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Mentions Medicaid on its website.
Ally Behavior Centers
Richmond, VA
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 6 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana and 4 more insurers on its website.
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Commonwealth Autism
Richmond, VA
2 documented settings · mentions Medicaid waiver programs and Private pay
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Mentions Medicaid waiver programs, Private pay on its website.
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Recognizing Children’s Gifts Behavioral Health Network
North Chesterfield, VA
5 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 7 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana and 5 more insurers on its website.
Symphony ABA
Richmond, VA
3 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 1 more insurer
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid on its website.
TASKids
Richmond, VA
4 documented settings · mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and 4 more insurers
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Mentions Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid and 2 more insurers on its website.
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Big Heart ABA Therapy
Richmond, VA
4 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.
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In-home and center-based ABA therapy services in Richmond, VA
Of the 24 tracked locations in Richmond, 16 document in-home ABA therapy and 11 document center-based ABA therapy.
8 of the 24 tracked locations in Richmond mention Medicaid on their websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Other insurers named most often: Aetna (6), Blue Cross Blue Shield (6) and Cigna (5).
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
- 24 clinic locations in Richmond, Virginia are in our tracked dataset.
- Clinic organizations
- 23 organizations operate those locations.
- Operators unique to this city
- 15 organizations appear only in this city across every Virginia market we track.
- Therapy settings documented
- 16 tracked clinics document In-home ABA therapy. 15 tracked clinics document Parent and caregiver training. 14 tracked clinics document School-based ABA therapy. 11 tracked clinics document Center-based ABA therapy.
- Insurers named on clinic websites
- 8 tracked clinics mention Medicaid. 6 tracked clinics mention Aetna. 6 tracked clinics mention Blue Cross Blue Shield. 5 tracked clinics mention Cigna. A mention is not a statement of benefits, network status, or eligibility.
| Evidence | Clinics that document it |
|---|---|
| In-home ABA therapy | 16 |
| Parent and caregiver training | 15 |
| School-based ABA therapy | 14 |
| Center-based ABA therapy | 11 |
| Early intervention ABA | 10 |
| Community-based ABA therapy | 9 |
| Telehealth ABA therapy | 5 |
| Social skills groups | 3 |
| Evidence | Tracked providers mentioning it |
|---|---|
| Medicaid | 8 |
| Aetna | 6 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | 6 |
| Cigna | 5 |
| TRICARE | 5 |
| Private pay | 4 |
| UnitedHealthcare / Optum | 4 |
| Humana | 2 |
| Medicaid waiver programs | 2 |
| Kaiser Permanente | 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.
Published evidence here names in-home ABA therapy, parent and caregiver training and school-based ABA therapy. 15 of these organizations show up in this Virginia market and nowhere else we track. Tracked locations here resolve to 23 distinct organizations. An autism diagnosis is the usual starting point, and the clinics in Richmond, Virginia document programs built for autistic children.
In-home ABA therapy and parent and caregiver training documented in Richmond
In this market 16 tracked clinics document in-home ABA therapy, 15 tracked clinics document parent and caregiver training and 14 tracked clinics document school-based ABA therapy. In-home programs run where the family already lives, so the skills a child practices are the ones the household uses daily. Parent and caregiver training moves the method to the adults, which is what keeps gains alive between sessions. What a clinic publishes and what it currently runs can differ, so confirm before you commit. Put the setting question first when you call, because it decides everything after it.
Smaller places served from this page
Alongside Richmond itself, this page lists the locations we track in Midlothian with 2 tracked locations and North Chesterfield with 2 tracked locations. A place joins this page only when it is near Richmond and has too few tracked locations to stand alone; the address line always names the town.
Insurance named on Richmond clinic websites
The published mentions in Richmond break down as follows: 8 tracked clinics mention Medicaid, 6 tracked clinics mention Aetna, 6 tracked clinics mention Blue Cross Blue Shield and 5 tracked clinics mention Cigna. None of that establishes benefits, network status, or eligibility for your family. Ask what the clinic bills, what your plan authorizes, and what is left for you.
Working through a shortlist in Richmond
Goals in the treatment plan should be specific enough to argue about. Find out which Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) holds the case before you sign anything. Find out what happens to a case if the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) leaves. Staff turnover among Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) roles is worth asking about directly. A Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) can carry part of the oversight on a larger caseload. Ask how parent training is delivered and how many hours of it you should expect. Ask whether early intervention work is run by the same team or a separate one. 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.
From first call to first session in Richmond
The paperwork requirement is where most delays start, so settle it early. Ask what the offered weekly hours are and whether they hold through the school year. Ask what happens if the hours offered come in below the ones recommended. 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 Richmond, Virginia. What clinics publish moves, and this is the 2026 position. By tracked location count, Henrico (6 tracked locations) and Mechanicsville (5 tracked locations) are the next markets in Virginia. A near me search for ABA therapy in Richmond, Virginia rarely shows evidence dates; every listing above carries one. Shortlist two or three locations and take these questions to the first call.
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 Richmond, VA
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 Richmond, VA
What are the best ABA therapy clinics in Richmond, VA?
The best clinic is the one that fits your child. The top 5 list above orders Richmond 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 Richmond?
8 of the 24 tracked locations in Richmond 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 Richmond mention?
Richmond clinics name Medicaid, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Cigna most often on their own websites; confirm with the clinic and your plan.
Do more ABA clinics in Richmond offer in-home or center-based therapy?
Of the 24 tracked locations in Richmond, 16 document in-home ABA therapy, 11 document center-based ABA therapy and 10 document early intervention ABA. More tracked clinics in Richmond 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 Richmond?
Of the 24 tracked locations in Richmond, 5 document telehealth ABA therapy and 14 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 Richmond?
4 of the 24 tracked locations in Richmond list private pay on their websites, and 15 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 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.