South Dakota recorded 10 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 0% of the national weekly total reported in the dataset. Eight providers were new this week, and all eight were also new this year. The state’s activity is small in absolute terms and dispersed across behavioral health, speech-language, addiction counseling and ABA services rather than concentrated in a large provider market. The registry lists six individuals and four organizations, although NPI activity does not necessarily indicate active clinical capacity or service availability.
ABA Workforce Mix
The registry identifies 1 BCBA, no RBTs and no dual BCBA-RBT credentials. Other listed credentials include one MSW,MA,LAC; one M.A., CCC-SLP; one ACT; and one SLP. These credential categories can overlap with provider taxonomy and should not be treated as mutually exclusive shares of the total. The single BCBA appears through Starlight ABA SD LLC, an organization with a BCBA taxonomy. With no RBTs recorded, the update does not show a conventional ABA staffing ladder in which BCBAs supervise a larger direct-service workforce. Instead, it points to limited documented ABA capacity in this weekly registry snapshot, with supervision availability potentially constraining expansion.
Demographics and Activity
Among the six individuals, four are female, one is male and one is nonbinary, corresponding to 67%, 17% and 17%. Sioux Falls appears among the listed cities alongside Rapid City, Watertown, Lower Brule and Lemmon; Yankton also appears in the provider records. No notable organization appears multiple times, and only one provider is counted as having multiple taxonomies. The mix includes speech-language pathologists, addiction counselors, mental health providers and one ABA organization.
South Dakota’s update suggests a geographically spread but small behavioral health workforce, with ABA access likely dependent on adding both BCBA supervision and direct-service staff.
