ABA Therapy in Maplewood, Minnesota
In-home ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) covers every part of Maplewood — no small feat for a city shaped like a horseshoe — and our Golden Valley center, about twenty-five minutes west, is open to any Maplewood family who'd rather come to us. You'll choose one of the two settings.
- Drive to our center
- ~25 min
- County
- Ramsey County
- School district
- North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale 622
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 Maplewood?
Twenty-five minutes across the metro is the kind of drive you feel by Thursday. Many Maplewood families pick in-home so therapy fits inside the day instead of wrapping around it — a fair choice, and clinically a full-strength one.
The center stays on the table all the same. Maplewood parents who work west of St. Paul sometimes find the trip folds into their commute; others simply want their child in a room built for this work. If you can make the drive, the center is yours.
One setting carries the program either way. We don't run partial weeks in each, and the east-metro address never decides for you — you decide, and you can switch entirely later if the fit changes.
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 Maplewood
From most of Maplewood, ride I-694 west around the top of the metro to Highway 100 south, exiting at Duluth Street — Lilac Drive North runs beside the highway to our door. About twenty-five minutes outside rush hour.
From the southern leg of the city, I-94 west through the downtowns to Highway 100 north is the alternative; timing is similar, traffic patterns aren't.
If you'd rather skip the drive
Maplewood in-home sessions schedule around District 622 school hours and parent shifts at the east-side medical campuses. Tell us your real week — evenings included — and we'll build to it.
- Typical drive
- ~25 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 Maplewood?
Yes — all of Maplewood's unusual footprint, from the neighborhoods near Wakefield Park up to the Highway 61 corridor and around the horseshoe to the southern leg by Battle Creek.
Both settings reach every one of those addresses. The only thing your specific corner of Maplewood changes is the length of the drive, and you've already seen that number.
Ability Avenues supports families whose children attend North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Schools (District 622) and can coordinate with your child's IEP (Individualized Education Program) team.
Maplewood questions, answered
The things Maplewood families ask us most — coverage, the drive, and how starting actually works.
Do you actually send therapists to Maplewood?
Yes — regularly, to every part of the city. Maplewood is squarely inside our in-home service area; the horseshoe shape complicates maps, not coverage.
Can a Maplewood family use the Golden Valley center instead?
Yes — the center is open to anyone who can transport their child, and about twenty-five minutes on I-694 is the honest cost. Some Maplewood families make it work; if you can, you're as welcome as a family from next door.
Could we do in-home during the week and the center on lighter days?
No — one setting runs the whole program, always. Splitting fragments the teaching. If in-home stops fitting, you and your BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst) can move everything to the center — that switch is normal and supported.
What does therapy cost a Maplewood family with MA?
Typically nothing out of pocket: Minnesota's EIDBI (Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention) benefit covers intensive therapy for eligible children, and we accept Straight MA and Blue Plus. Ramsey County handles your MA case; we help with the rest.
Near Maplewood, too
Maplewood wraps around the northeast metro — these nearby communities have pages of their own.
See everywhere we serveAsk about availability in Maplewood
Call from Maplewood and we'll be candid: in-home availability on your side of the horseshoe, the real drive math, and what your coverage already handles.