In-Home ABA Therapy in Norfolk, VA
Norfolk is the heart of Hampton Roads, about 230,000 people, home to CHKD, the region's children's hospital, and to the largest naval base in the world. Living minutes from the hospital doesn't mean ABA comes to your block: in-home coverage still varies neighborhood to neighborhood, and many Ocean View and Berkley families travel for clinic care. Our clinicians come to you instead. We verify your insurance before therapy starts. In-network with Aetna and Anthem, including HealthKeepers Plus (Virginia Medicaid).
In-Home Care
A diagnosis is a lot. The next step doesn't have to be.
Most families find us right after a diagnosis, staring down a pile of acronyms: IEP, BCBA, RBT, prior authorization. Our team explains every piece in plain language, and through our interpreter service we can talk with parents in 334 languages, so whatever language your family speaks at home, we speak it with you. We verify your insurance benefits as soon as you reach out, so you know what is covered before you commit to anything, and we handle the back-and-forth with insurance to advocate for the services your child qualifies for. You focus on your kid. If you are still waiting on a diagnosis, start with our diagnosis page; our telehealth partner As You Are evaluates children across Virginia.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Norfolk
About 230,000 people live across Norfolk's neighborhoods, from the downtown waterfront to the bayfront. Our clinicians work in homes across all of them.
Why in-home
Why we come to you
Skills stick where they're learned Your therapist works in the rooms where your child actually lives: the kitchen, the playroom, the backyard. A skill practiced at your own dinner table transfers to real life far better than one practiced in a clinic across town.
Your BCBA sees real life The morning rush before school drop-off, the meltdown when a sibling gets home, how your child handles the dog or the doorbell. Seeing the real routine is what makes a treatment plan work outside the session.
Minutes from CHKD is not the same as served Norfolk anchors the region's diagnostic capacity, but in-home ABA coverage still varies block to block, and many Ocean View and Berkley families end up driving for clinic care. Our clinicians come to your home, so your neighborhood stops deciding how hard therapy is to reach.
Day to day
What a session looks like
One on one, built around your child A typical session runs a few hours of structured, play-based teaching using what your child already loves: blocks, books, snacks, the family dog. The goals are practical. Asking for what they want, riding out a transition, getting through a meal at the table.
A BCBA writes the plan, an RBT runs the sessions A Board Certified Behavior Analyst designs your child's program, watches the data, and adjusts goals. A Registered Behavior Technician runs the day-to-day sessions and is the person your child sees most. Both will know your kid's name, favorite toy, and the thing that always sets them off.
Parents stay in the loop You see the data, you hear what worked, and through parent and caregiver training you learn the same strategies, so progress doesn't stop when the session ends.
Our Services in Norfolk
Every program is designed and supervised by a BCBA and built around your child.
In-Home ABA Therapy
One-on-one, play-based sessions in your own home, where skills are learned in the place they will actually be used. Learn more.
ABA Therapy for Kids
Early support for toddlers and elementary-age children. The earlier therapy starts, the more ground it can cover. Learn more.
ABA Therapy for Teens
Independence, social navigation, and executive skills for older kids, including the transitions middle school and high school bring. Learn more.
In-School ABA Support
Coordination with your child's school team, including school IEP and behavior plan meetings, so home and classroom pull in the same direction. Learn more.
Parent & Caregiver Training
We teach you the same strategies your child's therapist uses, so progress continues between sessions and after therapy ends. Learn more.
Free BCBA Consultation
Not sure where to start? Talk through your situation with a Board Certified Behavior Analyst at no cost and no obligation. Book a time.
Norfolk Resources We Know Well
The people and programs Norfolk families rely on most, in one place.
Norfolk Public Schools
NPS runs child find through its Department of Learning Support and Special Education Services. For ages two to four, the Preschool Assessment Team screens and evaluates ((757) 852-4630, ext. 3510); for ages five to 21 not yet enrolled, call (757) 628-3950, and enrolled students start with their school. Your BCBA can attend IEP meetings with you through our in-school ABA support.
Getting a diagnosis
Norfolk families are minutes from CHKD, Virginia's only freestanding children's hospital. Its Autism Diagnostic Clinic on Southampton Avenue ((757) 668-9920) evaluates children age 5 and under, and the Autism Interdisciplinary Clinic on Children's Lane ((757) 668-7473) handles team-based assessments. Our telehealth partner As You Are also evaluates children statewide; start on our diagnosis page.
Parent communities & early intervention
The Autism Society Tidewater Virginia ((757) 461-4474) has served the region since 1981 with support groups, teen social groups, sensory nights, and scholarships, and FACT ((757) 422-2040) runs summer day camps and teen social programs nearby. For children under three, the Infant & Toddler Connection of Norfolk is at (757) 441-1186.
City therapeutic recreation
Norfolk's Therapeutic Recreation Center in the Ocean View area (757-441-1764) runs programs for residents age six and up with a medical diagnosis, and its Inclusion Specialists build modification plans so kids can join general Parks & Recreation programs.
Most Norfolk Families Pay Little or Nothing Out of Pocket
We are in-network with Aetna and Anthem, including Anthem HealthKeepers Plus, the Virginia Medicaid managed care plan. We are TRICARE-certified for military families, and we work with almost every other plan out of network. We verify your benefits before therapy starts and handle the paperwork, so you know exactly what to expect. See our insurance page for details, or call (571) 250-9442 and we will check your coverage for you.
1. Reach out
Call, text, or send the form. A real person answers, and a BCBA talks with you about your child, usually the same day.
2. We verify your benefits
We run a verification of benefits right away and tell you exactly what your plan covers before you commit to anything.
3. Assessment at home
Your BCBA meets your child where they are comfortable, builds the treatment plan, and walks you through every goal in plain language.
4. Therapy starts
Sessions begin on a schedule that fits your family: mornings, after school, or weekends. No long waitlist, no mountain of paperwork.
Places Worth Knowing About for Your Kid
Bay beaches, a sensory-certified zoo, and a working waterfront: Norfolk packs a lot of kid-friendly ground into a small map.
Seven miles of free bay beach
Ocean View's Chesapeake Bay shoreline runs more than 7.3 free miles, with three maintained beach parks (Community Beach Park, Ocean View Beach Park, and Sarah Constant Beach Park) offering parking, restrooms, benches, and shade, plus seasonal lifeguards at the first two.
Gardens and the waterfront
Norfolk Botanical Garden has paved accessible routes and free wheelchair rentals at the visitor center, and downtown's Town Point Park on the Elizabeth River hosts family festivals all year, an easy place to practice outings.
A sensory-certified zoo
The Virginia Zoo is KultureCity certified: free sensory bags at the Membership Office, designated Quiet Zones around the grounds, and weighted lap pads on the ZooTrain. Nearby Nauticus offers Toddler Time twice monthly and $3 admission through Museums for All with a SNAP or Medicaid card.
For military families
Naval Station Norfolk is the largest naval base in the world, and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story spans the Norfolk-Virginia Beach line. We are TRICARE-certified, we verify your TRICARE benefits before therapy starts, and in-home sessions keep your child's program steady through deployments and PCS moves.
Norfolk FAQs
Most families get moving fast. We verify your insurance benefits right after you reach out, so you know what is covered before you commit to anything. If your child already has a diagnosis, we can usually begin without a long waitlist. If you are still waiting on one, CHKD's Autism Diagnostic Clinic on Southampton Avenue and our telehealth partner As You Are are both good routes, and we can point you either way.
Yes. Your BCBA can attend IEP and behavior plan meetings with you, share session data with the school team, and keep home and classroom goals pulling in the same direction. That goes for Norfolk Public Schools and, depending on your address, neighboring divisions too.
Yes. We are in-network with Anthem HealthKeepers Plus, a Virginia Medicaid managed care plan, along with Aetna and commercial Anthem plans. We are also TRICARE-certified and work with almost every other plan out of network. For many Norfolk families, covered ABA therapy comes at no out-of-pocket cost, and we check your exact benefits before therapy starts.
All of them. Our clinicians work in homes across Ghent, Downtown, Larchmont, Berkley, and Ocean View. Hampton Roads is one of Virginia's busier ABA markets, but in-home coverage still varies block to block, and the neighborhoods farthest from the clinic clusters wait the most; we go where the family is. We serve families across Norfolk and statewide.
Yes. A parent or caregiver needs to be home during in-home sessions. Many parents use the time to catch up on their own things in another room. When a specific goal calls for it, a session can also practice skills out in the community, always with you in the loop.
Then we'll use yours. Through our interpreter service we can communicate with parents in 334 languages. Every conversation about your child, from the first call to progress updates and insurance questions, can happen in the language you're most comfortable in.
Serving Families Across Norfolk, VA
In-home ABA therapy throughout Norfolk, including Ghent, Downtown, Larchmont, Berkley, and Ocean View.
Nearby Service Areas
Somewhere else in Virginia? See everywhere we go. We reach parts of the state most providers don't.