ABA Therapy in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
St. Louis Park and Golden Valley share the Highway 100 spine, so our center is about ten minutes north of most SLP addresses — and our in-home team works the whole city. One of those two settings will carry your child's ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) program; which one is your family's call.
- Drive to our center
- ~10 min
- County
- Hennepin County
- School district
- St. Louis Park 283
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 St. Louis Park?
From St. Louis Park the center is close enough to fold into ordinary life — after preschool, before work, around a nap. Families here rarely choose based on the drive, because the drive barely registers.
So the real question is your child: does a purpose-built space with the team down the hall serve them best, or does learning inside their own routines? SLP families split on this genuinely — and both answers get the same program.
The one rule is one setting. We don't mix center days and home days; if your choice needs to change, you and your BCBA change it as a whole.
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 St. Louis Park
Highway 100 north from anywhere in St. Louis Park, off at Duluth Street, and you're on Lilac Drive North at our door — about ten minutes, often less from the north end of the city.
If you already commute on 100, 394, or 7, the center sits directly on your grid; many SLP parents fold sessions into an existing drive rather than adding one.
- Typical drive
- ~10 min
- Main route
- Hwy 100 north to the Duluth Street exit
- Where you're headed
- 1415 Lilac Dr N, Suite 140, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Do you serve all of St. Louis Park?
Every St. Louis Park neighborhood, yes — in-home sessions run from the Texa-Tonka blocks to the condos near the West End, and each of those addresses is equally welcome at the center ten minutes up the highway.
SLP's density is an advantage: short in-home travel legs make it one of the easiest cities on our map to schedule consistently.
Ability Avenues supports families whose children attend St. Louis Park Public Schools (District 283) and can coordinate with your child's IEP (Individualized Education Program) team.
St. Louis Park questions, answered
The things St. Louis Park families ask us most — coverage, the drive, and how starting actually works.
How far is the center from St. Louis Park?
About ten minutes — straight north on Highway 100 to the Duluth Street exit. From the West End area it can be closer to five.
Why would an SLP family pick in-home when the center is this close?
Because the goals live at home: mornings, meals, siblings, transitions. Closeness makes the center convenient, but it doesn't make it the better clinical fit for every child — and the choice is always yours, not the map's.
Can we alternate weeks between home and the center?
No — one setting runs the whole program. Alternating would fragment the teaching. If your first choice stops working, you and your BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst) move everything to the other setting together.
What insurance do you take for St. Louis Park families?
We accept Straight MA and Blue Plus, and Minnesota's EIDBI benefit typically covers intensive therapy in full for eligible children. If your child is on a commercial plan, tell us on the first call and we'll walk through what that means honestly.
Near St. Louis Park, too
SLP borders several communities we serve — the linked pages carry each city's own drive times and answers.
See everywhere we serveAsk about availability in St. Louis Park
You're ten minutes away — close enough to talk specifics today. Call about openings, or ask us to walk through the center-versus-home choice for your child.