If you’re a St. George parent looking for help, the wait shouldn’t be the hardest part. Families here start right away, with no waitlist, and we handle the insurance side for you before you begin. Our team comes to your home, so there’s no clinic across town to drive to, just support that fits into your family’s week.
ABA services available in St. George
Ryse provides in-home and community-based ABA for individuals ages 2 through 65 with an autism diagnosis. Most providers stop at young children, we don’t. Whether you’re supporting a toddler just beginning their journey, a school-age child, a teen, or an adult, our care adapts to the person in front of us. Programs include early intervention, in-home ABA, community-based support, social skills, and parent training. Every plan is designed and overseen by a BCBA and built around goals that matter to your family, never a one-size-fits-all template. ABA is described by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a widely used, evidence-based therapy for autism (CDC).
Why in-home ABA works for St. George families
St. George is one of Utah’s fastest-growing communities, Washington County is home to roughly 207,900 residents as of 2024 (USAFacts), and many families here are spread across new neighborhoods from Little Valley to Washington Fields. In-home ABA meets you where you already are. Instead of loading a child into the car and commuting to a center, our team comes to your house, working in the real settings where skills are actually used: the kitchen, the backyard, the local park, the grocery store. That makes it far easier to involve siblings and parents, and to practice communication, daily-living, and self-regulation skills where they matter most. For busy St. George families, in-home care removes friction and keeps therapy woven into everyday life.
Insurance and no waitlist
Two things stop most families from starting ABA: long waitlists and insurance confusion. Ryse removes both. We have no waitlist, St. George families can start right away. And we handle the insurance legwork for you. ABA is widely recognized as an evidence-based autism service, and many Utah plans cover it. Utah’s autism insurance mandate, expanded effective January 2020, requires state-regulated individual and large-group plans to cover autism treatment for individuals of any age, with no age or dollar caps on ABA (Autism Speaks). Utah Medicaid also covers ABA for eligible children with a valid autism diagnosis (Utah Medicaid). Coverage details vary by plan, so we run a free benefits check and confirm exactly what your insurance covers before we begin. Eligibility note, shared honestly: an autism diagnosis and active coverage are required to start.
How to get started in St. George
Getting started is simple: (1) confirm an autism diagnosis, (2) let us verify your insurance benefits for free, and (3) begin in-home or community-based sessions, often within the same week, with no waitlist. Care is led by our Clinical Director, Noah Rasmussen, BCBA, who designs and supervises each individualized program based on real progress data. Our approach is family-first, play-based, and built around your child as a person.
Ready to start? Check your insurance for free or call us at (385) 549-5656. We’ll walk you through every step in plain, warm language, no clinical coldness, no pressure.
When we Ryse together, we achieve more.
Clinically reviewed by Noah Rasmussen, BCBA, Clinical Director, Ryse ABA Therapy.