In-Home ABA Therapy in Overland Park, KS
Overland Park families juggle a lot: long commutes, packed school calendars and evenings split between practices and homework. Shining Steps brings ABA therapy into your home, so your child can work on communication, play and daily-living skills without another drive across Johnson County at rush hour.
A BCBA builds your child’s plan, and an RBT comes to your house after school, which is often when the hardest parts of the day happen. That means practicing the after-school transition, homework time or getting through dinner right where those moments take place. With your school’s permission, sessions can also happen in the classroom. Caregiver training is part of every program, so the strategies keep working on the days we are not there.
We accept KanCare and all of its health plans, plus Blue Cross Blue Shield and Aetna.
Call us: (913) 379-6060
Get started with in-home ABA
Tell us about your family and our intake team will check your coverage and get back to you.
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In-home ABA services
In Overland Park, most sessions happen at home after school, in the busy stretch between the bus and bedtime. Your child’s RBT works one-on-one on the goals in the plan your BCBA wrote, using your child’s own toys, snacks and routines.
- In-home sessions. Practice the after-school handoff, homework time, sibling play or dinner, right where those moments happen.
- In-school support. With your school’s permission, your RBT can join your child at a Shawnee Mission or Blue Valley school, and your BCBA can share strategies with teachers.
- Community sessions. Short outings let your child try new skills in busy, real places close to home.
- Caregiver training. Your BCBA coaches you on the same strategies, so evenings and weekends become practice time too.
You also meet with your BCBA regularly to review progress and set the next goals. If your weeknights are already full of practices and activities, tell us when you call, and we’ll look for session times that fit.
Insurance and coverage
We accept KanCare and all of its health plans, plus Blue Cross Blue Shield and Aetna.
- KanCare. Healthy Blue, Sunflower Health Plan and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan cover ABA for members under 21 with an autism diagnosis, once the plan approves it.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. It is the Blue plan that serves Johnson County. Your card has the final word if your employer is based somewhere else.
- Employer plans. Kansas law requires many large-group plans to cover autism treatment, including ABA, for children under 12. Not every plan falls under that law, so we check yours.
- Aetna. We accept Aetna commercial plans.
- Other commercial plans. Call us and we’ll check your benefits.
For plan details and the new KanCare diagnosis rule, see our Kansas page.
Areas we serve
We provide in-home ABA across the city, from the older neighborhoods around Historic Downtown Overland Park and Oak Park Mall to the newer subdivisions south of I-435. We also travel to nearby Johnson County suburbs, including Leawood, Lenexa, Prairie Village, Merriam, Mission and Stilwell, and to families in neighboring Olathe and Kansas City, Kansas.
School districts
Overland Park is split among four districts. Most of the city north of I-435 is in the Shawnee Mission School District (USD 512), and most of the city south of I-435 is in Blue Valley USD 229. A few western neighborhoods attend Olathe Public Schools (USD 233), and the far southwest corner is in Spring Hill USD 230. If your school allows outside therapists, your child’s RBT can support them in class and your BCBA can coordinate with teachers.
Overland Park is in Johnson County. See all of our Kansas locations.
Practicing skills around town
Community sessions take skills out of the house and into places your family already goes. Around Overland Park, that might include:
- Central Resource Library or Blue Valley Library. These Johnson County Library branches are a good place to practice a quiet voice, waiting for a turn at the desk and sitting through story time.
- Matt Ross Community Center. The city’s Explorer Room playground and indoor pools help with taking turns, following safety rules and leaving when it is time to go.
- Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead. Open April through October, it is a busy outing for staying close to a grown-up, waiting in line and handling crowds and noise.
These are ordinary public places, open to everyone. Your BCBA picks outings that match your child’s goals.
The Team
Aron Stein
Founder and CEO
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Beth Wittwer
Clinical Director
Sora Lee
Lead BCBA
Autism resources near you
- Infant Toddler Services of Johnson County (tiny-k). Free developmental evaluations and home-based early intervention for Johnson County children from birth to age 3. Call (913) 432-2900 or visit itsjc.org.
- Children’s Mercy Kansas City Autism Clinic. Psychologists and developmental-behavioral pediatricians provide autism diagnostic evaluations. Call (816) 234-3674 or visit childrensmercy.org/autism.
- The University of Kansas Health System, Center for Child Health and Development. Interdisciplinary evaluations for autism and developmental delays. A physician referral and records are required. Call (913) 588-1227.
- Johnson County CDDO. The single point of entry for intellectual and developmental disability services in the county. Call (913) 826-2600.
- Families Together. Kansas’s Parent Training and Information Center offers free help with IEPs and services. Call (800) 264-6343.
If your child has KanCare, ask before booking whether a psychologist or physician will make the diagnosis, because KanCare now requires that for ABA. Your pediatrician can also help you decide where to start.
See if ABA is covered for your child
Send us a few details and our intake team will check your coverage, explain what it includes and tell you what we need to get started.
- We check your Medicaid plan or insurance benefits
- We tell you what we need, usually the diagnosis report
- We match your family with a BCBA and an in-home therapist
Prefer to talk? Call (913) 379-6060
Tell us about your family
Share a few details and our intake team will get back to you.
How to get started
- Step 1: Call us. Reach us at (913) 379-6060. We’ll ask a few questions about your child, where you live and your insurance.
- Step 2: We check your benefits. Our intake team verifies your KanCare plan, Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, Aetna plan or other coverage and explains what we find.
- Step 3: Share the diagnosis. Send us your child’s autism evaluation report. For KanCare, it must come from a licensed clinical psychologist or a qualified physician. No evaluation yet? We can point you to local options.
- Step 4: Home assessment. A BCBA meets your child at home, talks with you about goals and writes the treatment plan. We then request authorization from your health plan.
- Step 5: Sessions begin. Once services are approved, your RBT starts regular sessions, with caregiver training and progress meetings built in.
Why families choose us
- Plans written by a BCBA. A Board Certified Behavior Analyst assesses your child, writes the treatment plan and supervises your child’s program.
- One-on-one sessions with an RBT. Your child works with a Registered Behavior Technician, mostly after school, with some daytime hours available.
- Therapy where life happens. Sessions take place at home, at school with the school’s permission, and out in the community.
- Training for parents and caregivers. Every program includes caregiver training and regular progress meetings with your BCBA.
- We handle the insurance work. Our intake team checks your benefits and requests authorizations. We accept KanCare and all of its health plans (Healthy Blue, Sunflower Health Plan and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan), plus Blue Cross Blue Shield and Aetna.
- Clinical leadership. Our programs are guided by Clinical Director Beth Wittwer and Lead BCBA Sora Lee, with founder and CEO Aron Stein.
Common Questions
Yes. We provide in-home ABA in Overland Park and nearby Johnson County suburbs, including Leawood, Lenexa, Prairie Village, Merriam and Mission. Our therapists come to you, so there is no clinic to drive to. When you call, share your address and the times that work for your family, and we’ll tell you whether we have an RBT available near you.
Sometimes, with the school’s permission. Each district and school decides whether an outside therapist can work with a student during the day. If your school agrees, your child’s RBT can support them in class and your BCBA can coordinate with teachers. Many families choose after-school sessions at home instead, which need no school approval.
Two large local options are the Children’s Mercy Kansas City Autism Clinic at (816) 234-3674 and the University of Kansas Health System Center for Child Health and Development at (913) 588-1227, which needs a doctor’s referral. For children under 3, Infant Toddler Services of Johnson County offers free developmental evaluations. If your child has KanCare, make sure a psychologist or qualified physician makes the diagnosis.
It depends on your plan. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is the Blue plan for Johnson and Wyandotte counties. Kansas law requires many large-group health plans to cover autism treatment, including ABA, for children under 12, but not every plan falls under that law. Our intake team will check your benefits and handle any prior authorization before services start.
Your family deserves the best
Our team works closely with each family to build a plan that fits your child and your schedule. Reach out and our intake team will take it from there.