ABA Therapy in Springfield, Missouri

What ABA therapy is, what it isn't, and how to find a provider that fits your child — for Springfield and Greater Ozarks families weighing the most-studied and most-contested autism intervention.

Applied Behavior Analysis is the most-studied autism intervention and one of the most contested. Springfield has a real cluster of ABA providers for its size, though capacity is finite and waitlists are common. This page covers what ABA is, where the legitimate debates lie, who offers it locally, and how to evaluate a provider. We don't tell families to choose ABA or to avoid it — we give you information to choose well.