Play-based ABA therapy for children ages 2–12, brought to your home — and into the real routines where skills matter most. BCBA-led across the metro communities we serve and most of Minnesota, covered by EIDBI just like center-based care.
In-home sessions are built on Natural Environment Teaching (NET) — teaching woven into the places and moments where a skill is actually used. Instead of practicing “asking for help” at a therapy table and hoping it transfers, your child practices it at snack time, mid-play, right when it matters.
The plan behind it is just as deliberate as at our center. A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) builds a customized schedule from the goals in your child's Individual Treatment Plan (ITP). Home is the setting — not a lighter version of therapy.
And nobody has to stay out of the way. Parents and siblings are actively encouraged to take part: a brother or sister is the most natural peer there is for social-communication goals, and everyday family routines become teaching opportunities.
Asking for more, trying a new food, staying at the table — practiced at your table, at actual mealtimes.
Turn-taking, sharing, joint play — with the peers your child already sees every single day.
Shoes on, out the door, switching activities — the everyday moments many families find hardest.
Bedtime steps and calming routines, taught in the evening, right where they happen.
Caregiver training is a core EIDBI-covered service, not an add-on. Your child's team coaches you inside your real routines, so progress doesn't pause when the session ends.
Want a head start? Our guide to reinforcing ABA therapy at home covers the basics families ask about most.
What a behavior is telling you, and how to respond in a way that actually helps.
Prompting and reinforcement you can really use — at dinner, in the car, at bedtime.
Simple ways to practice between sessions, so new skills stick instead of fading.
Steady, agreed-on responses to meltdowns and refusals, so everyone at home responds the same way.
Covered like everything else: caregiver training and counseling is part of the EIDBI benefit — for eligible families it adds no cost.
These are the communities where our in-home teams already work. Pick yours for drive times, coverage, and answers specific to your city.
Not on the list? We provide in-home ABA across most of Minnesota. In-home availability outside the Twin Cities metro is confirmed case by case — we'll discuss your location during your first call.
See every community and drive timesHonest answer: it depends on the child. Here's how families usually decide — and there's no wrong choice, because the program itself stays the same.
No drive, no waiting room — the team comes to you.
Families choose one setting, not a split schedule — and where you live doesn't decide which. If you can get your child to Golden Valley and back, the center is open to you from anywhere we serve. Your BCBA talks the choice through with you during intake. For the full trade-offs, read the in-home vs. center-based guide.
Very little, honestly. Three practical things, and we sort all of them out together on the first call.
A kitchen table and some floor space is plenty. Sessions run in your child's real environment, with the toys and routines already there.
No therapy room, no special equipment
Plan on a parent or another trusted adult being home during sessions. You're welcome in the room — participation is encouraged, not required.
Join in or step back — both work
Session times are built around your family's real week — school, naps, work. The plan comes from your child's ITP goals, and we map the calendar out together.
Set together on the first call
The funding part: EIDBI covers in-home care the same as center-based care. We accept Straight MA and Blue Plus — see coverage details, and we help with the paperwork.
The things families ask before their first in-home session — answered plainly.
Very likely. Our in-home teams work across Twin Cities communities and most of Minnesota. Availability outside the metro is confirmed case by case — we'll discuss your location during your first call.
Plan on a parent or another trusted adult being home during sessions. You don't have to be in the room every minute — but joining in is welcome, and honestly encouraged: family involvement is a big part of why in-home therapy works.
Less than you'd think. A kitchen table and some floor space is plenty — sessions are built around your child's real environment, so there's no need for a dedicated therapy room or special equipment.
Yes — same benefit, same coverage. EIDBI covers in-home ABA exactly the way it covers center-based care. We accept Straight MA and Blue Plus — see coverage details.
No. Families choose one setting and your child's program runs there — we don't split a schedule across both. If in-home turns out not to be the right fit, you and your BCBA can move to the center instead; you switch, you don't split. Start with our center-based page or the in-home vs. center-based guide.
Call us. We'll help you figure out eligibility, coverage, and next steps. The first conversation needs no paperwork at all.
