Local resources in El Paso
Ordered by review count, then name. Providers cannot pay to be listed, ranked, or edited.
13 resources in El Paso
1. Access Autism Testing & Consultation
Private-pay telehealth autism evaluations for children, teens and adults, done entirely online. The evaluation includes an intake and developmental interview, rating scales such as the SRS and Vineland, a telehealth observation session, and a written diagnostic report.
Ages 18 months through adulthoodWait Advertises no waitlist for its telehealth evaluations
2. ACES ABA — El Paso
An El Paso ABA provider operating since 2009 that says it handles insurance benefit verification for families. Its page found didn't publish Medicaid status, ages, or an address.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
3. Action Behavior Centers — El Paso Pebble Hills
A further Action Behavior Centers site in El Paso's Pebble Hills area, offering free autism evaluations. As chain-wide, Medicaid is not accepted in Texas at these centres.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
4. Action Behavior Centers — El Paso Stoneridge
One of several separately addressed Action Behavior Centers sites in El Paso, offering free autism evaluations and broad commercial insurance coverage. Its own materials state Medicaid is not accepted in Texas at Action Behavior Centers locations.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
5. Better Together Behavioral Health
An El Paso ABA provider offering full-time, part-time and virtual programme tracks under PhD-led clinical supervision, serving children through young adults. Its page found didn't publish an address, phone number, or Medicaid status.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
6. BlueSprig Autism — El Paso East
A BlueSprig ABA centre on El Paso's east side running named early-intervention and older-child programmes from birth to 18. Its page found didn't publish Medicaid status.
Ages Birth to 18
7. Children's Clinic of El Paso — behavioural health
A paediatric practice offering behavioural health assessments, including M-CHAT autism screening for toddlers aged 16 to 30 months, plus broader assessments using tools such as the CDI, PEDS and Vanderbilt questionnaires with input from parents, teachers and the medical team.
Ages Children and teens; M-CHAT autism screening at 16 to 30 months
8. Empower Behavioral Health — Central El Paso
The central-city clinic of a four-site El Paso network, close to Cielo Vista and so reachable without crossing the city.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
9. Empower Behavioral Health — El Paso
The largest ABA footprint in the city on this listing — four sites under one intake number, so the first call can sort out which is nearest and which has capacity.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
10. PDN Children's — ABA Programme
A nonprofit ABA programme in El Paso offering a Texas Grant route for families without insurance, open to autistic children aged 3 to 15 with a diagnosis and Texas residency. Its page found didn't publish an address, phone number, or a general age range beyond the grant programme.
Ages 3 to 15 (Texas Grant route)
11. Prospera Healthcare — El Paso
An in-home ABA therapy provider serving El Paso, naming Medicaid coverage for enrollees under 21 alongside BCBA-led assessments. Its page found didn't publish an address, phone number, or general age range.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
12. Texas ParaSport — programme directory
Not a club but the state body's own list of them. El Paso is a long way from the Texas adaptive-sport centres, and this is the fastest way to see what actually reaches the far west of the state.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
13. TTUHSC El Paso — Autism and Behavioral Pediatric Clinic
This clinic appears in Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso's youth mental health directory as a therapeutic autism and behavioural paediatric clinic, listing Superior, Amerigroup, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Tricare as accepted insurance — Superior and Amerigroup are Texas Medicaid STAR plans. The directory entry does not specify the therapies offered, hours or languages spoken.
Ages Children and young people
The short answer for El Paso
- Under 3: Texas Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) is contracted out locally; use the state's ECI Program Search tool to find the exact provider covering your El Paso address, since coverage can vary block by block.
- From age 3 on, request an evaluation from your school district in writing; both El Paso ISD and Ysleta ISD publish dedicated special education pages.
- El Paso Children's Hospital runs Developmental and Rehabilitative Services (915-298-5445), offering feeding, occupational, physical, and speech-language therapy for children.
- Long-term Medicaid waiver services route through Emergence Health Network, El Paso County's LIDDA, at (915) 599-6645 for HCS and TxHmL specifically.
- The Autism Society of Texas maintains a dedicated El Paso chapter page and can be reached at elpaso@texasautismsociety.org.
El Paso is served by Emergence Health Network, which state and federal regulators formally designate as both the county's mental-health authority and its Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority — meaning the same organization that helps families reach the HCS and Texas Home Living Medicaid waivers also runs much of the county's broader disability-services system.
Two large independent school districts, El Paso ISD and Ysleta ISD, cover most of the city and each run their own federally required Child Find process, so confirming which district serves your address is a useful first step.
Statewide programs, numbers, and rights are on the Texas page. This page adds the local entry points that are specific to El Paso metro (El Paso County).
Early intervention under 3: Texas Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)
Children younger than three living in Texas qualify for Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) screening on the basis of a developmental delay or qualifying condition, and no formal diagnosis is needed before a parent, doctor, or caregiver makes the referral. ECI is contracted out locally rather than run by one statewide office, and we could not independently confirm a single named contractor covering all of El Paso County; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's own ECI Program Search tool is the authoritative way to look up the current provider for a specific address. Once referred, state rule gives the local ECI program 45 calendar days to complete the evaluation and write an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), with services starting within 28 days of a parent's signature, and the initial evaluation is free regardless of income.
New to early intervention? Read the plain-language guide first.
School districts and special education
Every Texas public school district and charter is required under Child Find to actively look for, identify, and evaluate students it suspects have a disability, from birth through age 21, and the family is never charged for the process. Requesting an evaluation in writing to your child's school or the special education department starts the district's timeline. El Paso is served by several independent school districts rather than one single system, so families should confirm which district covers their address before sending a request.
- El Paso ISD — the district's dedicated special education information page
- Ysleta ISD — publishes separate pages for special education, updates in special education, and Section 504
Evaluation and diagnosis pathways in El Paso
These are hospital and university programs with public intake information. Listing here is informational — it is not a recommendation, and it is not medical advice. Public school evaluation is free and does not require any of these.
- El Paso Children's Hospital — Developmental and Rehabilitative Services — feeding therapy, pediatric occupational therapy, pediatric physical therapy, and speech-language therapy; this is a therapy program rather than a diagnostic evaluation clinic · 915-298-5445
Disability services and waivers: Emergence Health Network — El Paso County's LIDDA
Emergence Health Network states directly that it is designated as both the Local Mental Health Authority and the Local Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Authority (LIDDA) for El Paso County. Families reach general Developmental Disabilities services through Centralized Scheduling at (915) 242-0555 or Program Selection at (915) 887-3410 (toll-free 844-600-3410), while a separate line, (915) 599-6645, handles Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) specifically, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The CLASS, DBMD, and MDCP interest lists are not handled by Emergence Health Network at all — those go through the state's own toll-free line, 877-438-5658.
- Emergence Health Network — El Paso County's LIDDA
- Phone: (915) 599-6645 (HCS/TxHmL) · 877-438-5658 (state interest list line)
Local organizations that help El Paso families
- Autism Society of Texas — El Paso — dedicated El Paso chapter page; reachable at elpaso@texasautismsociety.org
- United Way of El Paso County — regional United Way affiliate and part of the statewide 2-1-1 Texas referral network
- SPEDTex — the state's special education parent helpline: 1-855-773-3839, weekdays, with email and live chat
- Disability Rights Texas — the state's federally designated protection-and-advocacy agency; direct legal help when rights are violated
- Navigate Life Texas — state-supported plain-language resource site for Texas families of children with disabilities
Documented waits and access notes
Wait times change. Each note below links to the public source it came from — confirm current status directly with the program.
- El Paso's independent school districts have 45 school days from signed parental consent to finish the full individual evaluation, a deadline that stretches out for absences of three or more school days running. (source)
- Once that evaluation report is done, Texas law requires El Paso districts to convene the Admission, Review, and Dismissal committee — the state's equivalent of an IEP team — within 30 calendar days. (source)
- The state's autism insurance mandate lets commercial plans cap ABA reimbursement at $36,000 annually for El Paso children 10 and older, while coverage for younger children carries no such limit. (source)
Paying for support in El Paso
Rather than a single autism benefit, Texas spreads long-term disability funding across several Medicaid waiver programs that families must apply to individually. El Paso County's Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority (LIDDA), Emergence Health Network, handles waiver-interest-list enrollment for HCS and Texas Home Living at (915) 599-6645; the CLASS, DBMD, and MDCP interest lists are joined instead through the state's toll-free line, 877-438-5658. Urgency plays no role in list order here — it's strictly first-signed, first-served.
Nothing here is a recommendation — we list what exists, note what a provider says about itself, and let parents tell you the rest.
Common questions from El Paso parents
Sources
- [1]Emergence Health Network — Developmental Disabilities Services. Open source
- [2]Emergence Health Network — homepage. Open source
- [3]El Paso ISD — Special Education. Open source
- [4]Ysleta ISD — Child Find. Open source
- [5]El Paso Children's Hospital — Developmental and Rehabilitative Services. Open source
- [6]Autism Society of Texas — El Paso. Open source
- [7]United Way of El Paso County. Open source
- [8]Texas HHS — Early Childhood Intervention Services. Open source
- [9]Texas HHS — ECI Program Search (find your contractor by address). Open source
- [10]Texas HHS — Children's Autism Program. Open source
- [11]TMHP — Texas Medicaid ABA benefit effective February 1, 2022. Open source
- [12]Texas Insurance Code §1355.015 (autism coverage mandate). Open source
- [13]SPEDTex. Open source
- [14]Disability Rights Texas. Open source
- [15]Navigate Life Texas. Open source
Last checked 2026-08-11. Programs and links change — confirm with the agency before relying on any detail. This page is information, not legal or medical advice.