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Autism Center Of Excellence Opens In Maple Grove

The new satellite location will serve 24 children and their families.

Pictured: Fraser School in Minneapolis.
Pictured: Fraser School in Minneapolis. (Google Maps)

MAPLE GROVE, MN — Fraser this week announced it has opened a satellite location of its Autism Center of Excellence in Maple Grove. The new center, which opened on Monday, will serve 24 children and their families.

In a release, Fraser said its Autism Center of Excellence offers individualized services including speech and occupational therapy to children between 18 months and 7 years old.

The company said it serves children and families with diverse cognitive, emotional and physical needs with a combination of disability services and mental health care.

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Fraser said it intends to open more satellite locations in the Twin Cities metro by the end of 2021.

"At Fraser, we don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach," Fraser Autism Center of Excellence Director Rachel Gardner said in a statement "Our services are individualized to each child, family and person. We work with families to determine what success looks like. And then we help individuals work toward those goals."

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