ABA Therapy in Fridley, Minnesota
From Fridley, I-694 west drops onto Highway 100 south and lands at our Golden Valley center in about fifteen minutes — and our in-home team covers every Fridley address. Your family picks one of the two settings for your child's ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) program; the freeway doesn't pick for you.
- Drive to our center
- ~15 min
- County
- Anoka County
- School district
- Fridley 14
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 Fridley?
Fridley families cross the river for plenty of things already; the question is whether therapy should be one of them. Fifteen minutes on 694 is a fair trade for some families, a daily tax for others — you know your week best.
In-home removes the trip entirely and moves the teaching into the routines that need it. It's the same program either way: same assessment, same hours, same BCBA supervision.
We'll help you choose during intake, and the choice is one-at-a-time: a program runs at the center or at home, never both, with a full switch available if the first pick 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 Fridley
Take I-694 west across the river, exit onto Highway 100 south, and leave at Duluth Street — Lilac Drive North runs beside the highway to our building. From southern Fridley, University Avenue to I-94 west runs about the same.
The 694 bridge is the one variable; outside rush hour the trip is a reliable fifteen minutes.
If you'd rather skip the drive
Fridley in-home slots schedule around real life — school hours at Fridley Public Schools, parent work shifts, and the sibling chaos of after-school time. Tell us your week and we'll build around it.
- Typical drive
- ~15 min
- Main route
- I-694 west to Hwy 100 south, exit at Duluth Street
- Where you're headed
- 1415 Lilac Dr N, Suite 140, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Do you serve all of Fridley?
All of Fridley, yes — riverside neighborhoods, the blocks around Moore Lake, and everything along University and Central. In-home covers the whole city, and the center is open to any Fridley family willing to make the 694 run.
Fridley sits in Anoka County, which changes nothing about eligibility: EIDBI is a statewide benefit, and we help Anoka County families through the same application steps as anyone else.
Ability Avenues supports families whose children attend Fridley Public Schools (District 14) and can coordinate with your child's IEP (Individualized Education Program) team.
Fridley questions, answered
The things Fridley families ask us most — coverage, the drive, and how starting actually works.
Do you serve Fridley even though it's in Anoka County?
Yes — county lines don't limit us. EIDBI (Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention) is a statewide Minnesota benefit, our in-home team covers all of Fridley, and the Golden Valley center is fifteen minutes away on I-694.
What's the drive like from Fridley to the center?
I-694 west to Highway 100 south, off at Duluth Street — about fifteen minutes outside rush hour. If you'd rather never make that drive, in-home brings the identical program to your address.
Could we do home sessions in winter and the center in summer?
We don't alternate settings — a program runs in one place so the teaching holds together. What you can do is switch for good reasons: you and your BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst) can move the whole program the other way if your situation changes.
How do Fridley families usually pay for ABA?
Mostly through EIDBI with Straight MA or Blue Plus — which we accept — and for eligible children that usually means $0 out of pocket. The first call includes a coverage check, no commitment attached.
Near Fridley, too
Fridley's neighbors have their own pages, each with the drive and coverage answers for that city.
See everywhere we serveAsk about availability in Fridley
Call from Fridley and we'll get concrete: current openings, what in-home scheduling looks like on your street, and whether your MA coverage is ready to use.