ABA Therapy Providers AI Visibility Ranking Trends - November 2026

Answer capsule

The November 2026 ABA Therapy Providers benchmark compares 10 companies across 154 AI answers that met its inclusion rules. Action Behavior Centers leads with 9 recommendations (5.84% of answers). At least one tracked company was recommended in 13 answers; some answers recommended several companies.

The rankings distinguish being mentioned from receiving an affirmative recommendation, then examine placement and the wording used about each company. Earlier monthly results show how counts and rates changed, with each month using its own answer total. These results describe the answers reviewed, not product quality or customer satisfaction. Differences between monthly samples limit comparisons and do not establish why a result changed.

For the strategic interpretation of this benchmark, read CiteWorks Studio's analysis of How AI Search Is Recommending ABA Therapy Providers

Industry leaderboard

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• How do ABA Therapy Providers rank by recorded AI recommendations in November 2026?

The leaderboard orders companies by how many answers affirmatively recommended them, not by how often they appeared. A company can be named frequently yet rarely endorsed, so mention counts and recommendation counts answer different questions. Ties reflect equal recommendation counts and do not imply identical reach or placement. Placement figures are subsets of recommendations, not separate wins.

Key findings

Tracked-company answer coverage

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• How often did the November 2026 ABA Therapy Providers answer sample recommend any tracked company?

13 distinct answers recommended at least one tracked company. Counting each company recommendation separately gives 21, because an answer can recommend several companies. Answers with no tracked recommendation may still have recommended companies outside this comparison.

Every qualified answer named at least one tracked company, but only a small minority recommended one. Because a single answer can endorse several providers, company-level recommendation counts exceed the number of answers containing any recommendation. Answers without a tracked recommendation may still have named providers outside this comparison, so coverage here describes the tracked set rather than the whole market.

Reach and affirmative recommendation

Action Behavior Centers ranks 1 by recommendation count. Mentions: 74 (48.05%); recommendations: 9 (5.84%). Top 3 placements: 9 (5.84%); first-place placements: 8 (5.19%).

Wording about the company: 17 positive, 56 neutral, 1 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 12.2%. The net framing score was 0.22 (defined in Methodology).

65 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 100.00% were Top 3 and 88.89% were first-place.

Action Behavior Centers leads on recommendation count, yet most of its appearances carried no endorsement. Mention presence shows the company surfaced in an answer; recommendation shows affirmative endorsement. The gap between the two is the central distinction in this profile. Ranking first by recommendations does not mean it was named in most answers or endorsed whenever named.

Recommendation order and placement

Placement describes where a recommended company appeared in an answer's ordering. Top-three and first-place results are nested within recommendations, so they cannot be summed with them. Recommendation-to-mention ratios vary across companies with similar mention totals, which shows that being named and being endorsed are separate recorded outcomes rather than a single measure of standing.

Classified framing in context

Framing records the wording surrounding each mention as positive, neutral or negative. Most mentions across companies were neutral, and neutral wording neither supports nor undermines a recommendation. Net framing summarizes that wording balance only; it is not customer sentiment, satisfaction or an assessment of company quality, and it does not explain why endorsements did or did not appear.

Company results in detail

Action Behavior Centers

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Action Behavior Centers mentions, recommendations and placement?

Action Behavior Centers ranks 1 by recommendation count. Mentions: 74 (48.05%); recommendations: 9 (5.84%). Top 3 placements: 9 (5.84%); first-place placements: 8 (5.19%).

Wording about the company: 17 positive, 56 neutral, 1 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 12.2%. The net framing score was 0.22 (defined in Methodology).

65 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 100.00% were Top 3 and 88.89% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Action Behavior Centers' mention count rose from 52 to 74, while its recommendation count fell from 34 to 9. The recommendation rate was 33.33% and 5.84% respectively.

Action Behavior Centers leads the recommendation ranking and appears in roughly half of qualified answers, but only a small share of those appearances carried an endorsement. Nearly all its recommendations landed in the top three, and most took first place. Wording was overwhelmingly neutral with a few positive mentions. Its recommendation count fell sharply from the prior month while mentions rose; the samples differ, so the comparison is recorded without explanation.

Behavioral Innovations

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Behavioral Innovations mentions, recommendations and placement?

Behavioral Innovations ranks 2 by recommendation count. Mentions: 53 (34.42%); recommendations: 6 (3.90%). Top 3 placements: 6 (3.90%); first-place placements: 1 (0.65%).

Wording about the company: 11 positive, 42 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 11.3%. The net framing score was 0.21 (defined in Methodology).

47 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 100.00% were Top 3 and 16.67% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Behavioral Innovations' mention count rose from 21 to 53, while its recommendation count fell from 12 to 6. The recommendation rate was 11.76% and 3.90% respectively.

Behavioral Innovations holds the second recommendation position on a substantial mention base, with endorsements forming a modest share of appearances. All its recommendations were top-three placements, though few reached first place. Wording was mostly neutral with some positive mentions and no negatives. Its recommendation count declined from the prior month even as mentions increased, a comparison drawn from separate monthly samples.

Autism Learning Partners

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Autism Learning Partners mentions, recommendations and placement?

Autism Learning Partners ranks 3 by recommendation count. Mentions: 24 (15.58%); recommendations: 3 (1.95%). Top 3 placements: 2 (1.30%); first-place placements: 2 (1.30%).

Wording about the company: 3 positive, 21 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 12.5%. The net framing score was 0.13 (defined in Methodology).

21 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 66.67% were Top 3 and 66.67% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Autism Learning Partners' mention count rose from 15 to 24, while its recommendation count fell from 8 to 3. The recommendation rate was 7.84% and 1.95% respectively.

Autism Learning Partners ranks third by recommendation count on a smaller mention base, and its endorsements were concentrated near the top of answer orderings. Its recommendation-to-mention ratio is among the higher ones recorded, though the underlying counts are modest, so the ratio should be read with that caution. Wording was largely neutral. Its recommendation count fell from the prior month while mentions rose.

LEARN Behavioral

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about LEARN Behavioral mentions, recommendations and placement?

LEARN Behavioral ranks 4 by recommendation count. Mentions: 35 (22.73%); recommendations: 2 (1.30%). Top 3 placements: 2 (1.30%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 3 positive, 32 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 5.7%. The net framing score was 0.09 (defined in Methodology).

33 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 100.00% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, LEARN Behavioral's mention count rose from 23 to 35, while its recommendation count fell from 9 to 2. The recommendation rate was 8.82% and 1.30% respectively.

LEARN Behavioral appears in a sizable share of answers but drew few endorsements, giving it a low recommendation-to-mention ratio. Its recommendations were all top-three placements, with none reaching first place. Wording was almost entirely neutral. Its recommendation count declined from the prior month while mentions increased, a recorded comparison across separate samples rather than evidence of a cause.

BlueSprig Pediatrics

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about BlueSprig Pediatrics mentions, recommendations and placement?

BlueSprig Pediatrics ranks 5 by recommendation count. Mentions: 17 (11.04%); recommendations: 1 (0.65%). Top 3 placements: 1 (0.65%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 2 positive, 14 neutral, 1 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 5.9%. The net framing score was 0.06 (defined in Methodology).

16 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 100.00% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, BlueSprig Pediatrics' mention count rose from 15 to 17, while its recommendation count fell from 14 to 1. The recommendation rate was 13.73% and 0.65% respectively.

BlueSprig Pediatrics ranks fifth by recommendation count, with a single endorsement among its appearances. That endorsement was a top-three placement rather than a first-place one. Wording was mostly neutral, including one negative mention. Its recommendation count dropped markedly from the prior month while mentions held roughly steady; the monthly samples differ, so no cause is inferred.

Acorn Health

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Acorn Health mentions, recommendations and placement?

Acorn Health ranks 6 by recommendation count. Mentions: 4 (2.60%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 4 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 0.0%. The net framing score was 0.00 (defined in Methodology).

4 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Acorn Health's mention count fell from 5 to 4, while its recommendation count fell from 3 to 0. The recommendation rate was 2.94% and 0.00% respectively.

Acorn Health appeared in only a few answers and received no recommendations, leaving its placement counts at zero. All mentions were neutral. With such a small mention base, the zero recommendation result is a measured outcome rather than a strong signal about the company. Its recommendation count fell to zero from a small prior-month figure across differing samples.

Centria Autism

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Centria Autism mentions, recommendations and placement?

Centria Autism ranks 6 by recommendation count. Mentions: 15 (9.74%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 15 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 0.0%. The net framing score was 0.00 (defined in Methodology).

15 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Centria Autism's mention count rose from 5 to 15, while its recommendation count fell from 3 to 0. The recommendation rate was 2.94% and 0.00% respectively.

Centria Autism was mentioned in a moderate share of answers but received no recorded recommendations, so its placement counts are also zero. Every mention was classified as neutral, leaving a net framing score of zero. The absence of endorsements is a measured result for this sample, not a missing observation. Its recommendation count fell to zero from the prior month.

Helping Hands

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Helping Hands mentions, recommendations and placement?

Helping Hands ranks 6 by recommendation count. Mentions: 11 (7.14%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 11 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 0.0%. The net framing score was 0.00 (defined in Methodology).

11 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Helping Hands' mention count rose from 4 to 11, while its recommendation count fell from 1 to 0. The recommendation rate was 0.98% and 0.00% respectively.

Helping Hands recorded no recommendations despite appearing in a modest number of answers, and its placement counts are correspondingly zero. All mentions were neutral in wording. A zero recommendation count is a measured outcome for this sample rather than absent data. Its recommendation count moved from a single endorsement in the prior month to none, a comparison across differing samples.

Hopebridge

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Hopebridge mentions, recommendations and placement?

Hopebridge ranks 6 by recommendation count. Mentions: 41 (26.62%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 2 positive, 39 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 0.0%. The net framing score was 0.05 (defined in Methodology).

41 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Hopebridge's mention count rose from 37 to 41, while its recommendation count fell from 18 to 0. The recommendation rate was 17.65% and 0.00% respectively.

Hopebridge was mentioned in a large share of answers yet received no recorded recommendations, so its placement counts are zero. Wording was almost entirely neutral, with a couple of positive mentions. High reach without endorsement is the defining feature of this profile. Its recommendation count fell to zero from a substantial prior-month figure, though the monthly samples are separate and not directly comparable.

Trumpet Behavioral Health

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Trumpet Behavioral Health mentions, recommendations and placement?

Trumpet Behavioral Health ranks 6 by recommendation count. Mentions: 5 (3.25%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 5 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 0.0%. The net framing score was 0.00 (defined in Methodology).

5 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Trumpet Behavioral Health's mention count rose from 1 to 5, while its recommendation count fell from 1 to 0. The recommendation rate was 0.98% and 0.00% respectively.

Trumpet Behavioral Health recorded a handful of mentions and no recommendations, so its placement counts are zero. All mentions were neutral in wording. The small mention base means the zero result should be read as a measured outcome for this sample rather than a stable characterization. Its recommendation count moved from a single prior-month endorsement to none.

Earlier ranking snapshot context

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• How do the available ABA Therapy Providers snapshots from July 2026 to November 2026 differ in recommendation coverage and measurement scope?

Only months with verified results are shown. Monthly sample coverage is listed in Methodology.

Each month is a separate sample of AI answers, and the number of answers and services covered varies across months. Counts and rates therefore are not directly comparable month to month, and a change in either does not establish why it occurred. The table shows recorded results only; it does not demonstrate rank stability, improvement or loss of standing.

What the November Rankings Show

These sections answer different questions. Reach shows how often a company surfaced; recommendation shows affirmative endorsement; placement shows where endorsements fell in an answer's ordering; framing describes the surrounding wording. A company can be widely mentioned yet rarely endorsed, or endorsed consistently near the top. None of these measures reflects customer behavior, sales or company quality, and the recorded differences do not establish why endorsements occurred.

Methodology

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• How were the November 2026 ABA Therapy Providers AI visibility measures counted, and what do they not establish?

This benchmark has partial coverage: 3 of 3 planned question categories contributed usable observations; 0 contributed none. This describes question-category coverage, not demonstrated platform outages. Findings apply to the available answer set.

The month in the title is the reporting period. The exact dates when the original AI answers were collected have not been verified.

Each company is counted at most once in each answer that meets the benchmark rules. A recommendation requires both an affirmative endorsement and positive wording. Mention, recommendation, Top 3 and first-place rates use the full benchmark answer total. Top 3 and first-place results are included within recommendations, not added to them.

The recommendation-to-mention ratio divides recommendations by mentions. It describes AI answer wording, not customer conversion. Net framing is positive minus negative mentions, divided by all mentions, on a scale from -1 to +1. It does not measure customer satisfaction or company quality.

Market: US; 10 tracked companies. AI services represented: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity.

Research screening totals (answer observations can include repeated questions):

The source does not provide a reader-facing definition of “reserved”; that screening label is reported without inferring a reason for exclusion. Only the included benchmark answers form the rate denominator.

One answer can mention or recommend several companies. Adding company totals would therefore count some answers more than once. The results describe the AI answers reviewed, not independently verified facts about the companies or their products.

Monthly sample coverage:

The answer samples differ between months. These comparisons show how the recorded results changed; they do not establish why they changed.

Coverage is partial: findings apply to the included answer set, and the exact collection dates are unverified. Each company counts at most once per answer, and top-three and first-place results are contained within recommendations rather than added to them. Recommendation-to-mention ratios describe answer wording, not conversion. Net framing is a wording balance, not customer satisfaction. Monthly samples differ, so comparisons show recorded change without explaining it.