Center for Autism & Related Disorders

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Center for Autism & Related Disorders in Chula Vista's Eastlake area delivers applied behavior analysis therapy from its Kuhn Drive clinic, one of two CARD locations serving the city's eastern and western corridors. The CARD program builds individualized ABA curricula from birth through adulthood, developing communication, social, and daily-living skills that support transitions into structured educational environments such as Children's Choice Academy. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Los Angeles, CARD operates across multiple states and accepts TRICARE, Medi-Cal, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare at this Eastlake location. Services span center-based ABA sessions, home-based programming, school-support consultation, parent training, diagnostic assessment, and social-skills groups tailored to each learner's behavioral profile. Motor-planning and sensory-integration goals within the ABA plan may be co-treated with occupational and physical therapy providers such as Performance Plus Physical Therapy - Otay Ranch in the same eastern Chula Vista corridor. Highest-intensity programming involves early intensive behavioral intervention delivering 30 to 40 hours per week of one-to-one discrete-trial training, natural-environment teaching, and verbal-behavior protocols for learners under age five.