County resource guide
Autism Resources in Murray, Minnesota
Local providers, school contacts, and support services for autism families in Murray. Minnesota statewide resources also apply.
Local providers
13 listedDiagnostic clinics
Formal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
Slayton
Murray County Medical Center — Developmental Referrals
Murray County Medical Center in Slayton is the critical access hospital for Murray County in southwest Minnesota. Provides primary care and developmental referrals. For full autism evaluations, families travel to the Sanford Health Sioux Falls campus or to Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato.
Sioux Falls (~75 miles south) and Mankato (~90 miles east) are the primary autism evaluation hubs for Murray County.
Worthington · multi-county
Sanford Worthington Medical Center — Developmental Pediatric Services
Sanford Worthington is the primary hospital for Nobles County and the Worthington-area community in southwest Minnesota. Provides developmental pediatric evaluations and autism referrals to Sanford's Sioux Falls network. Worthington has one of Minnesota's largest Somali and Latino immigrant communities, adding important cultural competency considerations.
Ask about bilingual and culturally responsive evaluators — Worthington has significant Somali and Latino immigrant populations.
Early Intervention (0–3)
Free services for children under 3 under IDEA Part C.
Slayton
Murray County Early Childhood Special Education
Murray County and its school districts provide free Early Childhood Special Education services for children birth through age 5 under IDEA. In-home evaluations and developmental therapy in this rural agricultural southwest county.
FREE under IDEA Part C/B. Contact Murray County Public Health to begin the referral process.
ABA therapy
Applied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Pipestone · multi-county
REACH for Resources — Pipestone County ABA
In-home and telehealth ABA services for families in Pipestone County and the southwest Minnesota prairie region. BCBA-supervised programming accepting Minnesota Medical Assistance and commercial insurance under Minnesota's ABA mandate.
Minnesota requires commercial insurance to cover ABA. Telehealth important for this rural prairie county.
Windom · multi-county
REACH for Resources — Southwest MN ABA (Cottonwood County)
REACH for Resources provides in-home ABA therapy reaching Cottonwood County and southwest Minnesota. BCBA-supervised services accepting Minnesota Medical Assistance and commercial insurance under Minnesota's ABA insurance mandate.
Minnesota requires commercial insurance to cover ABA. Telehealth is essential in this rural southwest county.
Ivanhoe · multi-county
REACH for Resources — Southwest MN ABA (Lincoln County)
Telehealth and in-home ABA services for Lincoln County families in this rural southwest Minnesota prairie region. BCBA-supervised programming accepting Minnesota Medical Assistance and commercial insurance.
Minnesota requires commercial insurance to cover ABA. Telehealth is the primary delivery model for rural Lincoln County.
Slayton · multi-county
REACH for Resources — Southwest MN ABA (Murray County)
REACH for Resources provides in-home and telehealth ABA services reaching Murray County and southwest Minnesota. BCBA-supervised programming accepting Minnesota Medical Assistance and commercial insurance.
Minnesota requires commercial insurance to cover ABA. Telehealth essential in this rural prairie county.
Worthington · multi-county
REACH for Resources — Southwest MN ABA (Nobles County)
REACH for Resources provides in-home and telehealth ABA services reaching Nobles County and the Worthington area. BCBA-supervised programming accepting Minnesota Medical Assistance and commercial insurance. Ask about multilingual services given Worthington's diverse population.
Minnesota requires commercial insurance to cover ABA. Multilingual services important in Worthington.
Parent & family support
Parent groups, sibling programs, and family peer support.
Slayton
Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM) — Southwest MN (Murray County)
AuSM connects Murray County families in Slayton to statewide autism support resources and peer networks. Rural southwestern prairie communities benefit from AuSM's online and statewide programming.
Contact AuSM for southwest Minnesota resources and online community access for Murray County families.
Advocacy & legal
Legal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Windom · multi-county
PACER Center — Cottonwood County & Southwest MN
PACER Center provides free IEP advocacy, training, and remote consultation for Cottonwood County families. Virtual consultations are especially valuable for families in rural southwest Minnesota far from metro resources.
FREE. Federally funded PTI serving all 87 MN counties statewide.
Slayton
PACER Center — Murray County & Southwest MN
PACER Center provides free IEP advocacy, training, and virtual consultation for Murray County families. Remote consultations are especially valuable in this very rural southwest Minnesota county.
FREE. Federally funded PTI serving all 87 MN counties statewide.
Worthington · multi-county
PACER Center — Nobles County & Southwest MN
PACER Center, Minnesota's federally funded PTI, provides free IEP advocacy, training, and parent support for Nobles County families. PACER has multilingual resources important for Worthington's diverse immigrant community navigating special education.
FREE. Federally funded PTI serving all 87 MN counties. Multilingual resources available.
Pipestone · multi-county
PACER Center — Pipestone County & Southwest MN
PACER Center provides free IEP advocacy, training, and virtual consultation for Pipestone County families navigating rural southwest Minnesota school districts. Remote consultations are especially valuable in this sparsely populated county.
FREE. Federally funded PTI serving all 87 MN counties statewide.
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