County resource guide
Autism Resources in San Bernardino County, California
Local providers, school contacts, and support services for autism families in San Bernardino County. California statewide resources also apply.
San Bernardino County — the largest county by land area in the contiguous U.S. — is served by the Inland Regional Center (IRC) for developmental disability services and the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools SELPA for IEP coordination. Loma Linda University Children's Hospital is the primary regional pediatric evaluation center. California's Regional Center system is a true entitlement — services are funded without income limits once eligibility is established.
School evaluation
Request a School Evaluation
Under IDEA, your school district must evaluate your child for free if you request it in writing. Here’s who to contact in San Bernardino County:
San Bernardino City Unified School District / SELPA
Contact the district office to request a Child Find evaluation. Families in other San Bernardino County districts should contact their local district SELPA.
Contacts verified May 2026 — call to confirm current numbers
Learn how to write your evaluation request →Provider directory
Local Providers30 providers in San Bernardino County
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0 providers in San Bernardino County. Filter by your child’s age — including 18+, which is the hardest to find anywhere.
Diagnostic clinics
Formal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
Early Intervention (0–3)
Free services for children under 3 under IDEA Part C.
Riverside · multi-county
Inland Regional Center — Riverside Office
San Bernardino · multi-county
Inland Regional Center — San Bernardino
ABA therapy
Applied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Speech therapy
Speech-language pathology, AAC, pragmatic language, and feeding.
Respite care
Respite care providers giving families a break — in-home, center-based, and overnight.
Statewide · multi-county
Respite through your Regional Center
In California respite is authorised through the Individual Program Plan with your regional center, not applied for separately. The person must be a regional center client with an eligible developmental disability and must live at home. It can be in-home, in the community, or at a licensed out-of-home facility, and some centers also fund parent relief hours. If respite is refused or cut, that decision is appealable — Disability Rights California publishes a hearing packet specifically for regional center respite disputes.
Ask for respite to be written into the IPP explicitly, with an hours figure. A vague agreement that respite is 'available' is not an authorisation.
~3,000 providers nationwide
ARCH National Respite Locator
A free national database of respite providers searchable by state and locality — home care agencies, community-based organizations and state programs. The single best starting point for finding respite anywhere in the country, and it is the tool state agencies themselves point families toward.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Before you pay out of pocket, check what your state's Medicaid waiver funds — respite is covered by nearly every state waiver, and many families never think to ask.
Most states run one
Your state's Lifespan Respite Care Program
Lifespan Respite Care Programs are federally seeded, state-run programs that help families of any age and any disability find and pay for respite — often including vouchers or subsidies that do not depend on having a Medicaid waiver. Most states have one, they are chronically under-used, and they are rarely mentioned by anyone else in the system.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Search for "[your state] Lifespan Respite" or use the ARCH directory. Ask specifically about voucher or subsidy programs — that is the part families most often miss.
Parent & family support
Parent groups, sibling programs, and family peer support.
Advocacy & legal
Legal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Anaheim · multi-county
TASK — Team of Advocates for Special Kids
Southern California's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center (PTI). Free IEP advocacy, training, and one-on-one support for families in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties.
FREE. Federally funded PTI. The most important call before any IEP meeting in SoCal.
Bakersfield · multi-county
TASK — Team of Advocates for Special Kids (Kern County)
Southern California's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center extends services to Kern County families. Free IEP training, advocacy coaching, and one-on-one support before and during IEP meetings.
FREE. Federally funded PTI. Remote/phone support available for families outside Anaheim.
Riverside · multi-county
TASK — Team of Advocates for Special Kids (Riverside County)
San Bernardino · multi-county
TASK — Team of Advocates for Special Kids (San Bernardino County)
Anaheim · multi-county
TASK — Team of Advocates for Special Kids (Santa Barbara)
Southern California's federally funded PTI center serving Santa Barbara County families with free IEP advocacy, training, and special education navigation. Phone and video support available for families throughout the county.
FREE. Federally funded PTI. Remote support available statewide.
Autism-friendly dentists
Dentists experienced with autistic patients — desensitisation visits, sensory accommodations, and staff who take the time it takes.
Loma Linda · multi-county
Koppel Special Care Dentistry Center (Loma Linda University)
11092 Anderson St., Loma Linda, CA 92350
Loma Linda's center for patients who cannot be treated in an ordinary dental setting - developmental disabilities, other special needs, and young children. Read this part before you call: all care here is delivered under general anesthesia, in a Joint Commission-accredited, CMS-certified ambulatory surgery center. That means complete treatment usually happens in a single visit, and it also means this is not the place for a routine cleaning.
General anesthesia for every case. Worth asking what the anesthesia assessment involves before you commit.
Los Angeles · multi-county
UCLA Special Patient Care (Hospital Dentistry)
UCLA School of Dentistry's clinic for people with severe developmental disabilities and complex medical histories, including autism. One of the few clinics in the region that accepts medically complex patients other practices turn away, with hospital dentistry available where treatment needs general anesthesia. Dental school clinics trade time for expertise: appointments run longer because students do the work under supervision, and there can be a wait for a first visit. In exchange you get a team that treats disabled patients every day, usually at a lower cost, and they generally accept Medicaid.
Activities, clubs & recreation
Clubs, sports, camps, and social programs that welcome autistic children and teens — inclusive, adaptive, and special-needs specific.
Pasadena · multi-county
AbilityFirst
789 North Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103
A long-established Southern California nonprofit running community and recreation programs for children and adults with disabilities across Los Angeles and the surrounding counties, alongside employment and independence programs. Provision continues into adulthood, which is rarer than it should be.
Toll free (877) 768-4600. Programs vary by site — check their locations page for what runs nearest you rather than assuming the Pasadena offering is typical.
Crestline · multi-county
AbilityFirst Camp Paivika
600 Playground Drive, Crestline, CA 92325
A residential camp in the San Bernardino Mountains at Crestline for children and adults with disabilities, run by AbilityFirst. Mountain setting, accessible facilities, and sessions across the year.
Camper Services Coordinator on (909) 338-1102 ext. 5003 for registration questions. Ask about financial assistance and whether regional center funding can be applied.
Long Beach · multi-county
Special Olympics Southern California
Year-round sports training and competition for children and adults, free to athletes and their families, organized by regional division across Southern California.
Also (800) 832-6276. Eligibility centers on intellectual disability — worth a direct conversation about fit if your family member is autistic without one. Northern California is served by a separate Special Olympics program.
200+ locations nationwide
ACEing Autism
Weekly Saturday tennis clinics built specifically for autistic children aged 5 to 18, run by volunteers at more than 200 locations across the country, serving over 7,000 players. Sessions run in six-week blocks of an hour. This is the clearest example of the interest-based model working: the sport supplies the structure, the turn-taking and the reason to be there, so the social side happens sideways rather than being the task.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Cost varies by location — around $120 for a six-week session at some sites, with scholarships available. Use the map on their site to find your nearest program, schedule and local contact.
~4,000 camps nationwide
American Camp Association — camp finder
A free searchable directory of close to 4,000 summer camps that can be filtered for camps serving autistic campers, by distance, session length, activities and cost. The best single starting point for finding a day or overnight camp anywhere in the country.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Registration for specialized camps typically opens December–February and popular overnight camps fill within days. Start the funding conversation in autumn.
Nationwide — find your local chapter
Best Buddies
One-to-one friendship matching between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities, plus employment, leadership and inclusive living programs. Over 4,000 chapters across all 50 states, serving school-age through adult. If what your family wants is a friend rather than an activity, this is the most direct answer in the country.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
A national organization, not a local listing — use the finder on their site, or call 1-800-89BUDDY, to locate your nearest chapter.
Local affiliates across most of the country
Easterseals — camps and recreation
Day and overnight camps run through local Easterseals affiliates, several of them autism-specific, with weekend respite and family camp sessions as well. Many affiliates operate sliding-scale fees, and several camps serve adults alongside children.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Programs vary a great deal between affiliates — check what your nearest one actually runs rather than assuming the national description applies.
Week-long camps hosted nationwide
iCan Shine (iCan Bike)
Teaches people with disabilities to ride a conventional two-wheeled bicycle, using adapted roller bikes over a week-long camp that gradually transfers balance to the rider. Learning to ride a bike is a milestone a lot of autistic children are quietly written off for, and this is the program that most reliably delivers it. Camps are hosted by local organizations across the country, so availability is by host town rather than by chapter.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Check their site for host locations and dates — camps run in different towns each year, so somewhere near you may host this year and not next.
Local chapters in a number of US cities
KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now)
Volunteer-led one-to-one recreation for children and young adults with developmental and physical disabilities, at no cost to families or carers. The one-to-one model is the point: a volunteer is paired with your child for the session, which makes it workable for people who cannot manage a group setting unsupported.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Free to families. Runs through local chapters in a number of US cities rather than everywhere — check whether yours has one.
900+ divisions nationwide
Little League Challenger Division
Baseball for children and adults with a physical or intellectual disability, across more than 900 divisions. The main division serves ages 4–18, or up to 22 if still enrolled in school; the Senior League Challenger Division serves 15 and above with no upper age limit.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Use the league finder on their site to locate the nearest Challenger division, or ask about starting one.
200+ communities
Miracle League
Baseball on purpose-built accessible fields in more than 200 communities. Every player bats and every player scores, so ability differences do not decide the game.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Check their location list for the nearest field — coverage is good but not universal.
Every state — county-level programs
Special Olympics
Year-round sports training and competition at no cost to the athlete or their family, for children and adults alike. Programs run at county level in every state.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Eligibility centers on intellectual disability or a closely related developmental disability. If your child is autistic without an intellectual disability, have a direct conversation about fit before signing up rather than after.
Through local clubs and state associations
TOPSoccer (US Youth Soccer)
The Outreach Program for Soccer — recreational soccer for children and adults with intellectual, emotional or physical disabilities, usually with buddy support on the pitch. Run through ordinary local soccer clubs rather than as a separate organization.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Ask your state youth soccer association which local clubs run TOPSoccer — it is often not advertised on the club's own website.
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School districts & government services
Public programs and school district contacts for San Bernardino County.
School & special education
Services & benefits
- Inland Regional Center
Serves both Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Adult services
- Inland Regional Center
Serves both Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Respite & support
- Inland Regional Center
Serves both Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Helpful guides
Guides for San Bernardino County families
Step-by-step help on the topics that matter most.
School & IEP
Navigating the IEP process
Your rights under IDEA, how evaluations work, and what every IEP section means.
Finding help
ABA, OT, speech and waitlists
How to find qualified providers, navigate insurance, and get off waitlists faster.
Getting started
Where to start after diagnosis
A week-by-week checklist for the first 90 days — from evaluation to early intervention.
Benefits & money
SSI, Medicaid waivers, ABLE accounts
Federal benefits your child may qualify for and how to apply without losing your spot.
Mental health
Co-occurring conditions and support
Managing anxiety, ADHD, and depression alongside an autism diagnosis.
Daily life
Sensory processing and OT
Understanding sensory needs, sensory diets, and how occupational therapy helps.
Adulthood
Employment, housing, legal planning
Supported employment, housing options, guardianship alternatives, and ABLE accounts.
Communities served
Cities in San Bernardino County
Serving families across San Bernardino County including San Bernardino, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Victorville, Rialto, Hesperia, Chino, Chino Hills, Upland, Redlands and Highland and more.
See all California resources
Waivers, PTI centers, and state programs apply to all families in California.
California state guide →Common questions
Answered from the providers currently listed for this county — these update as the directory does.
How many autism providers serve San Bernardino County, California?
We list 18 providers serving San Bernardino County, covering activities, clubs & recreation, parent & family support, ABA therapy, early intervention (0–3) and autism-friendly dentists, plus 4 more. Some are based in the county and others serve it from nearby areas. Every listing is reviewed by a person before it is published.
Where can I find ABA therapy in San Bernardino County?
ABA providers serving San Bernardino County are listed in the ABA therapy section of this page, with phone numbers and websites. Many deliver services in the family's home or at school as well as in a clinic. Ask about waitlists when you call — they vary widely and change month to month.
How do I get a free evaluation for a child under 3 in San Bernardino County?
Contact San Bernardino City Unified School District / SELPA, the Early Intervention program serving San Bernardino County. Under Part C of IDEA you can request an evaluation yourself — you do not need a doctor's referral, and the evaluation is free. Contact details are listed in the key contacts section of this page.
Does Medicaid pay for autism services in California?
California families can apply to the Regional Center services under the Lanterman Act, a Medicaid waiver that can fund respite, therapies and in-home support. The typical wait is No waiting list — services are an entitlement, and your place is usually set by the date you apply — so applying early matters even if you are unsure what services you need. Many waivers also disregard parental income, so families who don't qualify for regular Medicaid often still qualify here.
What if I can't find an autism provider in San Bernardino County?
If none of the San Bernardino County providers is the right fit, these California counties currently have the most listed providers: San Diego County (23), Butte County (20), El Dorado County (20), Sacramento County (20). Many providers travel or offer telehealth, so it is worth calling even if they are not based nearby. You can also tell us about a provider we are missing.
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