ACES announced that it is bolstering its services in Arizona with the acquisition of Paradise Valley-based Ally Pediatric Therapy.
Founded in 2017, Ally Pediatric Therapy is a leading provider of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy and speech-language therapy to children and young adults with autism and other childhood disorders. Ally operates ABA centers across the Phoenix area.
ACES, or ACES 2020, LLC, is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals and families impacted with autism or other special needs. It provides comprehensive, professional services to maximize individuals’ potential in the home, school, clinic and community using accepted teaching and therapeutic methodologies. ACES serves thousands of clients in more than 80 markets across eight states. The company was acquired by private equity firm General Atlantic in 2020.
ACES intends to fully integrate Ally into its existing center network under the ACES brand, with Ally’s clinical and operations leaders remaining with ACES. ACES also plans to add additional centers in Phoenix and to invest in team training and tools to support clinicians and families in the Greater Phoenix area. Over the coming months, Ally’s physical health services will be replaced with external care coordination across specialties, consistent with the ACES process, across all existing locations.
Berkery Noyes served as the financial advisor to Ally Pediatric Therapy, and O’Melveny & Myers served as legal counsel. Bass, Berry & Sims served as legal counsel to ACES.
According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this deal represents the sixth Behavioral Health Care (BHC) transaction of the year, and the fifth in the autism spectrum disorder provider specialty. Throughout 2025, there were 104 BHC deals, and 11 in the autism provider specialty. The specialty was the third most active BHC specialty in 2025, trailing behind counseling and psychiatric care (52 deals) and substance use disorder (18 deals), but tying with intellectual & developmental disability care (11 deals).
