About us
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Welcome to Always Keep Progressing
We’re a tech-forward pediatric therapy platform in Miami, offering personalized, interdisciplinary care for children with autism and developmental needs.
Always Keep Progressing (AKP) is a multidisciplinary pediatric therapy center transforming how families navigate autism care. Built by clinicians who personally experienced the gaps in today’s fragmented system, AKP brings six therapies together under one coordinated model. Our approach blends evidence-based care, creative therapies that boost engagement, and technology that unifies the entire experience, giving families frictionless access, improved outcomes, and compassionate support. AKP is setting a new standard for autism care.
Through bilingual (English/Spanish) services in speech, ABA, occupational, music, feeding, and art therapy — in-clinic and via telehealth. In-home and community-based services are available for ABA only — we meet every child and family where they are and help them progress, step by step.
Welcome to Always Keep Progressing
We are a comprehensive pediatric therapy practice based in Miami, Florida, offering personalized, tech-enabled care for children with autism and other developmental needs.
Our interdisciplinary team provides in-clinic and teletherapy services in speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, feeding therapy, and creative modalities such as music and art therapy. We also offer Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, delivered in-home, in schools, in the community, and via telehealth to meet children where they naturally learn best.
At Always Keep Progressing, we take a whole-child, family-centered approach—combining clinical expertise with innovative tools to deliver individualized treatment plans tailored to each child’s unique strengths, challenges, and goals. We use modern technology to support progress tracking, caregiver communication, and collaboration across services—ensuring care doesn’t stop at the clinic door.
Our mission is to improve each child’s communication, sensory, behavioral, and functional skills in ways that enhance their social, emotional, and academic development—while empowering families to support and sustain growth at home, in school, and throughout their community.
Founded by
Annie Tao
M.S. CCC-SLP and owner of AKP, LLC
Annie Tao is an ASHA-certified Speech-Language Pathologist and experienced music educator with over 10 years in the mental health and IDD field, and over 25 years in classical musical training. Annie draws on her clinical background in speech-language pathology, music education, and deep knowledge of the special needs population to build high-performing, mission-driven teams from the ground up. Her experience spans school-based programs, healthcare settings, and interdisciplinary care, which she now applies to designing scalable systems and leading cross-functional teams that serve diverse and neurodivergent populations.
Changing therapy
Always Keep Progressing aims to provide high-quality, personalized pediatric therapy through interdisciplinary collaboration. We believe in addressing the whole child, considering their unique strengths and needs, while supporting caregivers every step of the way. Our team works to empower meaningful progress for children of all abilities and diagnoses across all areas of development, integrating speech, feeding, occupational, music, and art therapies to meet the unique needs of each child.
Learn what else separates us from the rest.
TECH-BASED METHODOLOGIES
Our environmentally conscious company uses a paperless and tech-based approach to make the client experience as easy as possible.
FAMILY-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT
Our therapists and staff will do anything to help families in the autism and disabilities community. We will meet with you constantly to
walk you through our processes, so that you never feel alone.
MUSIC-INFUSED THERAPY
Our therapists use music and instruments in therapy to improve gross and fine motor, social/emotional, behavioral, language, and communication skills.
TEAM-BASED APPROACH
Our company embraces team-based, multidisciplinary methods when treating our clients. We have an amazing team of speech occupational therapists who collaborate with you to facilitate carryover of goals into your child’s natural environment.
Keeping up with the times
Digital Tools
Always Keep Progressing aims to provide high-quality, personalized pediatric therapy through interdisciplinary collaboration. We believe in addressing the whole child, considering their unique strengths and needs, while supporting caregivers every step of the way. Our team works to empower meaningful progress for children of all abilities and diagnoses across all areas of development, integrating speech, feeding, occupational, music, and art therapies to meet the unique needs of each child.
VIEW SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS
Easily log into our EHR system, CentralReach, to view your scheduled appointments for the week.
TRACK YOUR CHILD’S PROGRESS
Track your child’s progress using your personal client portal. Progress can be viewed via graphs, notes, and reports in CentralReach.
Insurances
We Accept Most Major Insurance Plans
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