Fraser Child & Family Center

Evaluation and treatment for children and adolescents

Fraser Child & Family Center is a nationally renowned, specialized clinic providing comprehensive mental health services for children, adolescents, and their families. Within this center, you’ll find many unique programs:

Fraser Autism Program

Our award-winning program is for children with autism spectrum disorders and a variety of related disorders, such as non-verbal learning disorder, pervasive development disorder, and sensory integration dysfunction. Here, you can receive evaluation, support, and intensive therapeutic intervention for your child or young adult who is experiencing difficulties communicating, learning, interacting, behaving, or expressing emotions. Services include:

Diagnostic evaluations
Day treatment (preschool and Asperger's Disorder)
Individual, family, and group therapies
Specialized psychoeducational support groups
Skills training
Occupational, music and speech-language therapies

Child and Family Mental Health Program

In this program, Fraser offers assessment and day treatment for children with a range of emotional or behavioral disorders, such as disruptive behavior disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and psychotic disorders. Such disorders can interfere with emotional development, social relationships, and academic performance. Fraser offers both help and hope, and is one of only two agencies in the Twin Cities to provide day treatment services to preschoolers with severe emotional and behavioral disorders.

With early detection and appropriate treatment, most children with mental health needs can gain skills to lead healthy lives.

Neuropsychology Clinic

Many families start with an evaluation at the Fraser Neuropsychology Clinic, which offers comprehensive evaluations for children and young adults with a variety of neurological challenges:

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Autism spectrum disorders
Brain tumors
Developmental delays
Genetic disorders
Learning disabilities
Metabolic disorders
Seizures
Toxic exposure
Traumatic brain injuries