ABA Therapy in Burnsville, Minnesota
Burnsville families have one big road decision — I-35W north, about thirty minutes to our Golden Valley center — and one no-road decision: in-home ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis), which covers every neighborhood in the city. Your child's program runs in the one setting you choose.
- Drive to our center
- ~30 min
- County
- Dakota County
- School district
- Burnsville-Eagan-Savage 191
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 Burnsville?
The 35W run is dead simple but not short: half an hour each way, more when the bridge traffic stacks. Burnsville families who choose the center tend to anchor it to something — a job downtown, a midday session, a weekly rhythm that makes the miles invisible.
Families who'd rather spend those hours differently choose in-home, and lose nothing: the same clinicians run the same program with the same BCBA supervision, inside the routines the goals actually target.
Every Burnsville address gets both options and picks one. We never assign in-home by distance, never split a program across settings, and always support a full switch if your first choice stops fitting.
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 Burnsville
Take I-35W north across the Minnesota River, exit onto I-494 west briefly, then Highway 100 north to Duluth Street; Lilac Drive North fronts the highway at our building. About thirty minutes when 35W behaves.
Crosstown 62 west to Highway 100 is the backup when 494 doesn't. Midday sessions dodge the worst of both.
If you'd rather skip the drive
Burnsville in-home sessions schedule around District 191 school hours, activities, and parents' south-metro commutes. If after-school is your only window, it's ours too.
- Typical drive
- ~30 min
- Main route
- I-35W north to I-494 west, then Hwy 100 north to Duluth Street
- Where you're headed
- 1415 Lilac Dr N, Suite 140, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Do you serve all of Burnsville?
All of Burnsville, yes — the Heart of the City blocks, the neighborhoods up the hill toward Buck Hill, and everything along the river bluff. In-home covers the whole city; the center welcomes the whole city.
Being Dakota County changes only where your MA case is processed. The therapy, the setting choice, and the coverage rules are the same as for a family five minutes from our door.
Ability Avenues supports families whose children attend Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools (District 191) and can coordinate with your child's IEP (Individualized Education Program) team.
Burnsville questions, answered
The things Burnsville families ask us most — coverage, the drive, and how starting actually works.
Is Burnsville inside your in-home service area?
Yes, all of it — Heart of the City to the Buck Hill side. Burnsville is a regular stop for our south-metro in-home teams, not a special request.
Could we still choose the center from Burnsville?
Yes — it's open to any family who can make the trip, about thirty minutes up I-35W and Highway 100. Some Burnsville families do it weekly and are glad they do; others decide the hours belong elsewhere. Both are right answers.
Do you ever run programs in both home and center for one child?
Never — one setting hosts the whole program so the teaching stays consistent. You choose at intake, and if life changes, you and your BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst) move the program entirely to the other setting.
What's the funding picture for Burnsville families?
Usually EIDBI (Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention), Minnesota's benefit for intensive autism therapy — typically covering eligible children in full. We accept Straight MA and Blue Plus, and Dakota County handles the MA side of the paperwork.
Near Burnsville, too
Burnsville's neighbors along the south metro each have their own page — with their own drive math.
See everywhere we serveAsk about availability in Burnsville
One call from Burnsville answers the practical things: in-home windows near you, honest talk about the 35W run, and whether your coverage is set.