Achieving Stars Therapy - Wichita

Heartspring's pediatric outpatient clinic sits at 8700 E. 29th Street North in Wichita. The ABA team includes board certified behavior analysts, certified autism specialists, ABA program coordinators, and registered behavior technicians. BCBAs and certified autism specialists write behavior plans, and coordinators and RBTs carry out the day-to-day programming. Clinic strategies include functional communication training, modeling, naturalistic teaching during play and routines, peer-based instruction, self-management, and visual supports such as picture schedules and choice boards. The same Wichita campus also offers speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, feeding therapy, and audiology. Heartspring runs PEERS social skills groups at the clinic: a preschool group for ages 4 to 6, an Introduction to PEERS group for 4th and 5th graders, and the original PEERS program for middle and high school students. Groups meet once a week for 90 minutes with 5 to 8 children. ABA is available in person and by telehealth in Kansas, primarily in Wichita and nearby communities. Pediatric outpatient services are CARF accredited.

Limitless ABA's Wichita clinic is at 8110 E. 32nd Street North, Suite 200, Wichita, KS 67226, near Rock Road and K-96. The center provides clinic-based ABA for children ages 2 to 10. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM. Shannon YBarra is the lead BCBA for the Wichita clinic. Programming is play-based one-to-one ABA with BCBA supervision. This east Wichita site is separate from Limitless clinics in Bonner Springs, Leavenworth, and Overland Park. Accepted plans include UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Aetna, Tricare, and KanCare.

Little Stars Therapy Services is at 1319 West May Street, Wichita, KS 67213. The practice opened in 2018 and serves Wichita and surrounding areas. Services include diagnostic evaluations, direct ABA therapy, caregiver consultation, and community outreach. ABA work focuses on increasing functional skills and decreasing interfering behaviors, delivered by behavior analysts, autism specialists, and behavior technicians. Diagnostic evaluations are used for treatment planning and recommendations for additional services.