Forest Acres & Shandon
Established Columbia neighborhoods near downtown. Solid in-home access and easy coordination with Richland One schools.
BCBA-led in-home ABA therapy for Columbia families. From Forest Acres and Five Points to Northeast Columbia, Lexington, Irmo, and Fort Jackson. We hire BCBAs and RBTs across the Midlands so we can come to your home, not the other way around.
Most families find us right after a diagnosis. There's a lot to take in. Insurance authorizations, IEPs, ABA, BCBAs, RBTs, the Autism Care Demonstration, the alphabet of it. Our team walks you through every piece in plain English. We run your insurance the same day you reach out so you know exactly what's covered. We handle the back-and-forth with insurance to advocate for the services your child qualifies for. You focus on your kid.
Established Columbia neighborhoods near downtown. Solid in-home access and easy coordination with Richland One schools.
Spring Valley, Lake Carolina, Wildewood. Fast-growing area with many young families. Richland Two school district.
West of the river. Lexington-Richland 5 and Lexington 1 districts. Strong base of school-age families.
Army's largest basic training facility. We're TRICARE-certified and handle the ACD process for Fort Jackson families.
Working-class neighborhoods just across the river. Lexington Two schools. We're set up for families here.
Many young academic families. Walkable neighborhoods, complex traffic, we plan sessions around it.
Columbia is the state capital and the Midlands hub. Driving across town to a clinic three times a week with a tired kid in the back seat is brutal, especially during USC home games or Fort Jackson family-day traffic. So we drive to you.
Your therapist works in the rooms where your child already lives. Skills practiced at your kitchen table transfer to breakfast tomorrow. Skills practiced in your living room transfer to the time when the doorbell rings or a sibling crashes through.
Our BCBA also gets to see the real picture: the morning rush before school, the meltdown when daycare pickup runs late, the way your child handles the loud Fort Jackson family-day fireworks. Context makes the plan work in real life.
A typical session is two to four hours of structured, play-based teaching, one on one with your child. Goals are real-life: asking for what they want, riding out a transition, getting through a meal at the table.
When an outdoor or community setting helps a specific goal, we can take a session out. Sesquicentennial State Park, Saluda Shoals Park, and the Richland Library branches are all options. Otherwise we're in your house.
A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) writes the plan and watches the data. A Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) runs sessions. Both will know your kid by name.
Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands handles developmental-behavioral evaluations in the Columbia area. There's usually a waitlist; call early.
Telehealth providers like As You Are and Prosper Health offer online autism evaluations. SC Medicaid covers evaluation via telehealth under EPSDT.
South Carolina law lets families bring their private ABA team into school. We coordinate with Richland One, Richland Two, Lexington-Richland 5, and Lexington One Exceptional Children's offices.
Fort Jackson is the Army's largest basic training facility. We're TRICARE-certified and handle the Autism Care Demonstration for Fort Jackson families.
Call (843) 343-3576 or use the form below. We usually call back within an hour or two. No call center, no pressure.
All led by a BCBA. All built around your child.
Sessions in your house. Where your child actually lives.
For toddlers and preschoolers. The earlier we start, the more we can do.
Play, conversation, friendships. Practiced one moment at a time.
Functional communication for kids who do not yet have a way to be understood.
We teach you what we are doing. So the work doesn't stop when we leave.
For kids heading into 4K or Kindergarten next year.
Parent coaching and BCBA supervision over video.
Joint Base Charleston, Shaw, Fort Jackson, Beaufort families.
A close look at why challenging behaviors are happening.
SC law lets families bring their private ABA team into public school.
For families dealing with aggression, self-injury, elopement, or meltdowns.
For older kids and teens. Independence skills, executive function.
We run a verification of benefits the same day you reach out, so you know what's covered before you commit. We work with most major SC carriers, in-network or out-of-network.
Also in-network or out-of-network with SC Medicaid (Healthy Connections), Healthy Blue SC, Select Health of SC, First Choice by Select Health, Wellcare, and BabyNet. Same-day verification of benefits on every call.
SC Medicaid covers ABA therapy for eligible children with an autism diagnosis through the SC DHHS ASD program. Hours are based on your child's individual needs and what's authorized by your plan.
The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden runs sensory-friendly events. EdVenture Children's Museum has had similar programming.
Sesquicentennial State Park and Saluda Shoals Park are calm in the mornings. The Columbia Canal & Riverfront Park has wide paths and quieter trails.
Richland Library branches host inclusive storytimes across the metro. Lexington County Public Library for west-of-the-river families.
SC Autism Society is based in Columbia and hosts statewide programming. Family Connection of South Carolina does parent-to-parent matching.
Yes. We're TRICARE-certified and process the Autism Care Demonstration for Fort Jackson families regularly. If you're PCSing in, call before you arrive and we'll have your benefits verified the same day.
All of them in the metro. Richland One, Richland Two, Lexington-Richland 5, Lexington One, Lexington Two, and Lexington-Richland 5. Your BCBA can attend IEP and BIP meetings at any of them.
Most families go from first call to active therapy in three to six weeks. We run a verification of benefits the same day you reach out. If you are still waiting on a diagnosis, we can point you to in-person evaluators or online providers like As You Are and Prosper Health who often have shorter wait times than a hospital clinic.
Yes. South Carolina law lets families bring their private ABA team into school. Your BCBA can attend IEP and BIP meetings, share session data with the teacher, and translate therapy goals into classroom-friendly language.
All ages. ABA can start as soon as a child is showing developmental concerns and continue into adolescence and adulthood when clinically appropriate. Call us with your child's age and we will talk through fit.
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