ABA Therapy in Chaska, Minnesota
Chaska is the far southwest corner of our map, and it gets the full service anyway: in-home ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) across every neighborhood, and our Golden Valley center — about thirty-five minutes via Highway 212 and 169 — open to any family who wants to make the drive. You choose one setting; we run the program there.
- Drive to our center
- ~35 min
- County
- Carver County
- School district
- Eastern Carver County 112
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 Chaska?
Thirty-five minutes from Chaska is the honest number, and honesty is the point: for daily center-based therapy that's a lot of windshield. Families who choose it usually have a west-metro commute doing double duty — and when it works, it works well.
The rest choose in-home, which was built for exactly this geometry. Your child's therapist comes to Chaska on a consistent schedule, and the program matches the center's in every way that matters: assessment, hours, goals, BCBA supervision.
Carver County's distance informs your decision without constraining it. Both settings are open to every Chaska address; the program lives in one at a time; switching whole is always possible.
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 Chaska
Highway 212 east out of Chaska merges into the 169 north run past Eden Prairie and Hopkins; from there it's Highway 55 east to Highway 100 north, exiting at Duluth Street onto Lilac Drive North. Plan thirty-five minutes on a clean run.
The 212/169 merge moves against the grain in the morning, which keeps early appointments more realistic than the mileage suggests.
If you'd rather skip the drive
Chaska in-home slots are scheduled for reliability first — consistent therapists, consistent weekdays — around District 112 school hours and family work schedules. Tell us your week and we'll match it.
- Typical drive
- ~35 min
- Main route
- Hwy 212 east to Hwy 169 north, then Hwy 55 east to Hwy 100
- Where you're headed
- 1415 Lilac Dr N, Suite 140, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Do you serve all of Chaska?
All of Chaska, yes — downtown's older streets, the neighborhoods around the bluffs and Firemen's Park, and the newer growth out along Highway 41. If your address is in the city, our in-home team covers it.
And the center welcomes every one of those addresses too. Distance sets your drive time; it never sets your eligibility — for the center, for EIDBI, or for anything else we offer.
Ability Avenues supports families whose children attend Eastern Carver County Schools (District 112) and can coordinate with your child's IEP (Individualized Education Program) team.
Chaska questions, answered
The things Chaska families ask us most — coverage, the drive, and how starting actually works.
We're in Chaska — will therapists actually come to us?
Yes — Chaska is inside our standing in-home coverage, not a case-by-case exception. Sessions run at your address on a regular weekly schedule, with the same BCBA-led (Board Certified Behavior Analyst) program the center runs.
Is center-based care realistic this far southwest?
It's about thirty-five minutes via 212 and 169 — honest, but not prohibitive: the center is open to any Chaska family who can transport their child, and some do it weekly. If the drive doesn't fit, in-home carries the identical program to you.
Can we start in-home and later move to the center?
Yes — that switch is normal and fully supported by your BCBA. What never happens is both at once: one setting hosts the whole program at any given time, so the teaching stays consistent.
Does Carver County MA work with your services?
Yes — MA is statewide; Carver County just processes your application. Through EIDBI (Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention), eligible children are typically covered in full, and we accept Straight MA and Blue Plus.
Near Chaska, too
Chaska's neighbors each have their own page — read the one for your side of the county line.
See everywhere we serveAsk about availability in Chaska
Call from Chaska and we'll give you the far-corner specifics: in-home availability, honest drive math, and exactly where your coverage stands.