In-Home ABA Therapy in Downers Grove, Illinois
Families in Downers Grove get ABA therapy delivered at home by Believing is Achieving. We run no center, we keep no waitlist, our owner is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and parents meet the therapist before the work begins.
Therapy that comes to your address
Around 50,400 residents live here, and the village runs long from the older streets near downtown to the newer neighborhoods in the south. Driving that distance twice a week with a dysregulated child is the sort of thing that quietly ends good treatment plans, so we drive instead.
Working in the house means the plan gets shaped by real conditions: the stairs, the shared bedroom, the dog, the sibling who needs help with homework during your child's session hour. Those details are not interruptions to the program. They are the program.
Outings build out from there when a child is ready. Lyman Woods Nature Preserve covers about 150 acres of oak savanna, prairie, and marsh with paths quiet enough for a first attempt. Hidden Lake Forest Preserve offers open water and a wider view. The Tivoli Theatre, open since 1928 and still playing its Wurlitzer organ, is a far bigger sensory ask, and it is the kind of goal a family works toward over months rather than weeks. The Downers Grove Park District and the Downers Grove Public Library fill in the everyday practice between those.
The ninth-grade handoff, and how we help
Here is something that surprises families moving into DuPage County: the district that has known your child since kindergarten does not follow them to high school. Downers Grove Grade School District 58 hands off to Community High School District 99, an entirely separate organization with its own leadership and its own special education department. Families in the Center Cass School District 66 area experience the same break at the same point.
An IEP is supposed to travel across that line intact. In practice, what travels well is what a prepared parent insists on. We read the document with you, explain what each goal actually obligates the school to do, and attend the meeting in person when you want us in the room. The details are on our IEP and school collaboration page.
Why in-home works for this village
A behavior that only shows up at home is best addressed at home. That is the plain case for in-home ABA, and it is the only model we offer.
Behind it sit three commitments we do not bend on: the practice is owned by a clinician, families are never parked on a list, and you approve your child's therapist.
Services available in Downers Grove
- In-home ABA therapy
- Parent and caregiver coaching
- School collaboration and IEP support
- Behavior support
Insurance for Downers Grove families
We hold in-network agreements with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare, and Optum. Illinois law obligates state-regulated plans to cover autism diagnosis and treatment, and since the 2022 amendment an insurer cannot deny a covered service purely because it happens in a home. Coverage still varies policy to policy, so we run your benefits at no cost. The insurance page walks through the details.
Nearby communities we also serve
Neighboring towns on our map include Darien, Hinsdale, Lombard, Bolingbrook, and Elmhurst.
Questions from Downers Grove parents
What schools will my child in Downers Grove attend?
Most of the village is in Downers Grove Grade School District 58 for kindergarten through eighth grade, across eleven elementary schools and two middle schools serving roughly 5,000 students, and then Community High School District 99, which runs Downers Grove North and Downers Grove South. A southern portion of the village is served instead by Center Cass School District 66, which is elementary only.
Do you see families in every part of Downers Grove?
Yes. Our clinicians travel throughout the village, north and south of the tracks alike, and the session takes place in your home regardless of which corner of town you live in.
Are you able to coordinate with our other providers here?
We can, with your permission. Plenty of Downers Grove households already juggle speech, occupational therapy, and appointments at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital. We will talk directly with those providers when you ask us to so that you are not the one relaying messages.