In-Home ABA Therapy in Lombard, Illinois
Believing is Achieving brings ABA therapy into Lombard homes. There is no center to drive to, no list to wait on, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst owns the practice, and the family approves the therapist before the first session.
Working inside Lombard homes
About 44,400 people live in Lombard, in blocks of older houses, newer subdivisions, and apartment buildings that each present a different daily routine. That variety is one of the reasons we work where the family lives. A morning that falls apart in a narrow upstairs hallway cannot be rehearsed anywhere but that hallway.
Sessions are built around your own week rather than a facility calendar. Practice happens with your toothbrushes, your front door, your siblings underfoot, and the evening hour when everyone in the house is tired at once.
When a child is ready for a short outing, Lombard gives us good places to try one. Lilacia Park holds more than two hundred varieties of lilac and fills with visitors every May during Lilac Time, which makes it a useful graded challenge — quiet most of the year, crowded on purpose in spring. The Peck House, built in 1837 and recognized by the National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, is a short, contained visit. The Lombard Park District runs programs worth practicing for, and the Helen M. Plum Memorial Library moved into its new building in 2023, which is a calm first stop for a lot of children.
Two districts, one childhood
Lombard children usually finish eighth grade in Lombard Elementary District 44 and then move to a completely separate governing body, Glenbard Township High School District 87, for ninth grade. Glenbard East High School is right here in the village, but the handoff is still a handoff: new administrators, new special education staff, and a fresh set of people reading your child's paperwork for the first time. Families whose address falls under School District 45, DuPage County or Community Consolidated School District 89 face the same split from a different starting point.
That transition is the moment an IEP either carries or quietly loses ground, so we treat it as clinical work rather than paperwork. We read the document with you, help you prepare what to ask, and sit at the table when you want us there. Our IEP and school collaboration page explains exactly how that support works.
Why Lombard parents choose in-home care
Skills taught in a clinic room have to be carried home afterward, and some of them never survive the trip. Teaching them where they will be used removes that gap entirely.
Three commitments sit behind that. A BCBA owns this practice and makes the clinical decisions. There is no waitlist. And you help choose the person who will spend hours a week in your house.
Services available in Lombard
- In-home ABA therapy
- Parent and caregiver coaching
- School collaboration and IEP support
- Behavior support
Insurance for Lombard families
Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare, and Optum are all in-network for us. The Illinois autism insurance mandate requires state-regulated plans to cover diagnosis and treatment, and its 2022 amendment made clear that a plan cannot refuse a covered service because it was provided at home. Individual policies still differ, so we verify yours free of charge — the insurance page lists what to send us.
Nearby communities we also serve
Our clinicians cover this stretch of DuPage regularly, including Glen Ellyn, Elmhurst, Downers Grove, Wheaton, and Carol Stream.
Questions Lombard parents ask
Which school districts serve Lombard?
Most of the village attends Lombard Elementary District 44 for PreK through eighth grade, then Glenbard Township High School District 87, where Glenbard East High School sits inside Lombard. Portions of the village are instead served by School District 45, DuPage County or Community Consolidated School District 89, both elementary only.
Will a therapist come to our house in Lombard?
Yes, every single session. We hold no clinic space anywhere, so the therapy happens at your kitchen table and in your child's bedroom rather than in a building you would have to drive to twice a week.
How soon could a Lombard family begin?
As soon as we have room, which is usually the honest answer here. We do not keep a waiting list. If our schedule cannot absorb a new family this month, we tell you that outright so you can keep looking rather than sitting in a queue.