In-Home ABA Therapy · Southeast Florida
In-home ABA therapy puts the learning where it matters most — inside your child’s real world. Our board-certified BCBAs deliver individualized, evidence-based ABA therapy at your child’s home across Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Monroe Counties. No commute. No disruption to your family’s routine.
All Ages
In-Home ABA
Natural environment learning
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BCBA-Supervised
Every session, every case
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Counties Served
Miami-Dade · Broward · Palm Beach · Monroe
Bilingual
English & Spanish
Full services in both languages
What Is In-Home ABA ABA Therapy?
In-home ABA therapy is Applied Behavior Analysis delivered at your child’s home, rather than at a clinic or school. Your child’s therapist comes to you. Sessions take place in the living room, the kitchen, the backyard, or wherever the skills being taught actually need to work in your child’s daily life. This window of time is when the brain is most flexible and most responsive to learning. Research consistently shows that children who begin intensive ABA therapy during these years make the largest and most lasting gains — in communication, social skills, adaptive behavior, and daily living.
The core advantage of in-home ABA therapy is generalization. Skills taught in a clinical setting must later be transferred to real environments — that transfer takes time and deliberate effort. Skills taught at home generalize immediately because the setting is already real. The kitchen where you practice requesting a snack is the same kitchen where your child needs that skill every single day.
At Sunshine Behavioral Health Services, every in-home ABA therapy case is supervised by a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) from the first session to the last. Your child’s BCBA designs the individualized treatment plan, trains the RBT who delivers direct therapy, reviews session data regularly, and meets with your family to review progress. You always know exactly who is working with your child and what qualifies them to do it.
What in-home ABA therapy includes
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Communication and language skill building
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Play and social interaction skills
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Reduction of challenging behaviors at home
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Following routines and daily living skills
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Emotional regulation and self-management
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Academic readiness and learning skills
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Toilet training and self-care routines
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Adaptive living skills in real home settings
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Parent training included in every program
All in-home ABA therapy goals are set based on your child’s current skills and your family’s priorities. The program begins with a thorough Functional Behavior Assessment. After that, a thorough Functional Behavior Assessment and reviewed regularly by your child’s BCBA.
Why In-Home Works
In-home ABA therapy has distinct advantages over clinic-based delivery for most families and most goals. Here is why.
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When therapy takes place at home, your child learns skills in the same environment where they need to use them. There is no transfer gap between the clinic and real life. Research consistently shows that naturalistic, in-home ABA therapy produces faster and more durable skill generalization than clinic-based delivery for most goals.
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In-home therapy fits into your schedule rather than forcing your family around a clinic’s schedule. No driving. No transitions to an unfamiliar environment. No logistics that add stress to an already full day. For young children especially, staying in a familiar space reduces anxiety and keeps the learning environment positive.
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In-home therapy creates natural opportunities for parent involvement. Your child’s therapist is in your home, using your family’s routines, meals, and activities as teaching moments. Parents observe sessions, receive real-time coaching, and build the same skills the therapist uses. This is what makes in-home ABA so powerful for long-term outcomes. Learn about parent training →
How Our Program Works
Every in-home ABA therapy case at Sunshine Behavioral Health Services starts with a thorough Functional Behavior Assessment by a BCBA. The assessment evaluates your child’s current communication, play, social, and adaptive skills. It also looks at any challenging behaviors to understand what is maintaining them. This assessment is the foundation of everything that follows.
From the assessment, your child’s BCBA designs an individualized treatment plan. Goals are specific, measurable, and meaningful to your family. We ask what skills would make the biggest difference to your child’s quality of life and to your family’s daily routine. Everything flows from that conversation.
Sessions take place at your home on a schedule that works for your family. Your child’s therapist arrives at the agreed time, sets up for the session using your home’s natural materials and spaces, and works through the session goals using naturalistic teaching methods. For toddlers and preschoolers, sessions look like play. For older children, sessions may be more structured depending on the goals.
The therapist uses your family’s actual routines — mealtimes, bath time, getting dressed, outdoor play — as teaching opportunities. Skills are practiced where they are needed, using the materials and people your child encounters every day. This is naturalistic environment teaching, and it produces faster generalization than sessions in a neutral clinical space.
Every session is tracked with objective data. Your BCBA reviews this data regularly and adjusts the treatment plan based on what the numbers show. Families receive clear progress reports and are included in every major decision. Your BCBA is available to answer questions between sessions. Learn about treatment planning → Parent training is built into every early intervention program.
In-home program structure
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10 to 40 hours per week depending on BCBA assessment
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Delivered at your home — therapist travels to you
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BCBA designs and supervises all treatment plans
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RBT delivers direct therapy under BCBA supervision
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Parent training included in every program
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Data collected every session
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Treatment plan reviewed every 3 to 6 months
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Progress reports provided to families regularly
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Coordination with school and IEP teams included
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Bilingual services in English and Spanish available
Most insurance plans cover in-home ABA therapy
Florida law requires most insurance plans to cover in-home ABA therapy for children with an autism diagnosis. This includes Medicaid, BCBS, Aetna, UHC, Cigna, and others. Verify your coverage →
By Age Group
In-home ABA therapy is effective across all ages. Here is how our approach adapts at each stage of childhood.
Ages 2–5 · Early Childhood
For toddlers and preschoolers, in-home ABA therapy is the most natural and effective setting. Sessions are play-based and follow your child’s interests. The home environment allows us to target communication, play, self-care, and daily routines in the exact setting where they matter most. See our early intervention program → Read our toddler ABA guide →
Ages 6–12 · School-Age Children
For school-age children, in-home ABA therapy complements school-based services by targeting goals in the home and community environment. We coordinate with teachers and IEP teams to ensure in-home and school goals are aligned. Learn about school-based ABA →
Ages 13–21 · Teens and Young Adults
For older children and young adults, in-home ABA therapy targets independence skills that are best practiced at home — meal preparation, household management, self-care, and community safety. These skills are most meaningful when taught in the real environment where they need to work every day. Read our preschool ABA guide →
What We Teach at Home
Many families wait too long before starting ABA therapy — often because they are told to “wait and see” or because they are not sure what they are looking for. These are some of the signs that suggest your child could benefit from an early intervention evaluation.
Your child’s BCBA prioritizes goals collaboratively with your family — focusing on the skills that will make the biggest difference to your child’s independence and your family’s daily life. Contact us to discuss your child’s specific goals → Read our full guide on signs to watch for →
Communication and social skills:
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Functional communication — requesting, labeling, commenting
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Following multi-step instructions in daily routines
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Play skills and peer interaction with siblings and neighbors
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Conversation and social reciprocity with family members
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Managing emotions and transitions at home
Daily living and independence skills:
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Toilet training and personal hygiene routines
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Getting dressed and undressed independently
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Mealtimes — eating variety, table behavior, self-feeding
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Household tasks appropriate to age
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Reducing challenging behaviors that impact family life
Every goal is meaningful. We do not target skills just because they appear on a standard assessment. We target the skills that matter most to your family’s daily life. Tell us what matters most →
FAQ
In-home ABA therapy is Applied Behavior Analysis delivered at your child’s home by a trained therapist. Sessions take place in the environment where your child actually lives — using your family’s routines, spaces, and materials as teaching tools. Every in-home ABA program at Sunshine Behavioral Health Services is supervised by a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) and tracked with objective data every session.
A Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) typically delivers the direct one-on-one sessions at your home, under the supervision of a BCBA. Your child’s BCBA designs the treatment plan, trains the RBT, reviews session data regularly, and meets with your family to review progress. You will always know the names and credentials of everyone who comes to your home. All staff are background-checked and credentialed.
The number of hours depends on your child’s age, diagnosis, goals, and the results of their initial BCBA assessment. Most programs range from 10 to 40 hours per week. Children who need early intensive intervention may receive 25 to 40 hours. Children with specific targeted goals may receive 10 to 20 hours. Your child’s BCBA will recommend a specific intensity after the assessment, and insurance authorization will determine what is covered under your plan.
Yes. Florida law requires most insurance plans to cover in-home ABA therapy for children with an autism diagnosis. This includes Florida Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, United Healthcare, Cigna, Humana, Florida Blue, and others. Our team verifies your benefits at no cost within 24 hours of your first contact. Verify your insurance →
In-home ABA therapy takes place in your child’s home environment, which allows skills to be taught in the natural setting where they need to work. Skills generalize faster because the context is already familiar. Center-based ABA therapy takes place in a dedicated clinical facility, which offers more structure, peer interaction opportunities, and access to a full on-site clinical team. Many children benefit from a combination of both settings. Learn about center-based ABA →
Contact us by phone or through our contact form. We will verify your insurance benefits at no cost within 24 hours, answer all your questions, and schedule your child’s initial BCBA assessment. Most families go from first contact to first therapy session within two to four weeks. There is no long waitlist and no commitment required for the initial consultation.
Related Services
In-home ABA therapy works best as part of a coordinated program. These services are most commonly combined with in-home delivery.
In-home therapy creates natural parent training opportunities. Your BCBA teaches you the same techniques your child’s therapist uses so you can reinforce skills during mealtimes, bedtime, and throughout the day.
Every in-home ABA program begins with a BCBA-led FBA in your home. Assessing behavior in the environment where it occurs gives the most accurate picture of what to target and how.
For children ages 2 to 5, in-home ABA therapy and early intervention often go hand in hand. Early intensive in-home ABA produces the strongest long-term outcomes when started before school age. Learn about our early intervention program →
Many families combine in-home ABA with school-based services. In-home targets home and daily living goals. School-based targets classroom behavior and IEP goals. Your BCBA coordinates both.
Where We Serve
We provide in-home ABA therapy to families across all major cities in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Monroe Counties. Our therapists travel to your home — no commute required.
The sooner therapy begins, the greater the impact. Contact Sunshine Behavioral Health Services today and we will verify your insurance, answer your questions, and schedule your child’s initial BCBA assessment — usually within days.
