ABA Therapy in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Highway 100 starts up by Brooklyn Center and runs almost straight to our door, so the center sits about ten minutes from most of the city. In-home ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) covers all of Brooklyn Center too — your family chooses the one setting your child's program will run in.
- Drive to our center
- ~10 min
- County
- Hennepin County
- School district
- Brooklyn Center Community Schools
Not every ABA provider in Minnesota accepts Medical Assistance. We do.
Ability Avenues accepts Straight MA and Blue Plus, and we're enrolled in EIDBI (Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention) — the Minnesota benefit that funds autism therapy for eligible children. Most families we serve pay $0 out of pocket.
Center-based or in-home in Brooklyn Center?
For Brooklyn Center families the honest comparison is simple: ten minutes of Highway 100 versus a therapist at your own front door. Both are fully on the table, and both run the same BCBA-led program.
Families working multiple jobs often tell us in-home wins on logistics alone — no extra driving in a packed day. Families who want a clean separation between home life and therapy often want the center for exactly the opposite reason.
Whichever way you land, it's one setting at a time. We never split a child's week between center and home; if the fit is wrong, we move the whole program and keep the teaching consistent.
One child, one setting: your child's program runs in the one you choose — and if it stops fitting, you and your BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst) can switch, never split.
Getting to our center from Brooklyn Center
Pick up Highway 100 at the I-694 interchange and ride it south to Duluth Street; Lilac Drive North, our frontage road, is the first right turn of the exit. Door to door, about ten minutes from central Brooklyn Center.
Counter-commute direction helps here — you're heading away from the morning crush, so session times hold even at 8:00am.
- Typical drive
- ~10 min
- Main route
- Hwy 100 south from I-694 to the Duluth Street exit
- Where you're headed
- 1415 Lilac Dr N, Suite 140, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Do you serve all of Brooklyn Center?
Yes — all of Brooklyn Center, from the Mississippi riverside neighborhoods to the blocks west of Brooklyn Boulevard. In-home therapists cover the whole city, and every address in it is equally welcome at the Golden Valley center.
Brooklyn Center is one of the metro's most diverse cities, and our intake call works with interpreters when that helps your family get clear answers.
Ability Avenues supports families whose children attend Brooklyn Center Community Schools and can coordinate with your child's IEP (Individualized Education Program) team.
Brooklyn Center questions, answered
The things Brooklyn Center families ask us most — coverage, the drive, and how starting actually works.
How do we get from Brooklyn Center to your center?
Highway 100 south from I-694 to the Duluth Street exit — about ten minutes. We're at 1415 Lilac Dr N, Suite 140, on the frontage road right beside the highway.
Do you come to homes in Brooklyn Center?
Yes, to every address in the city. In-home ABA here is the full program — assessment, one-on-one sessions, BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst) supervision — delivered where your child already lives and learns.
Is it possible to use the center some days and home on others?
No — a child's program runs in one setting, because consistency is part of what makes ABA work. You choose center or home up front, and you can switch settings later with your BCBA if life changes.
We have Medical Assistance. Does that work with you?
Yes — we accept Straight MA and Blue Plus, and Minnesota's EIDBI benefit typically covers intensive therapy in full for eligible Brooklyn Center children. Bring your questions to the first call; checking coverage costs nothing.
Near Brooklyn Center, too
These nearby communities have their own pages — same care, with the drive times and details written for each.
See everywhere we serveAsk about availability in Brooklyn Center
One call sorts out the Brooklyn Center specifics: availability, whether in-home or center fits your family's week, and what your coverage already pays for.