Have you ever wished you could balance family and career?

As a school therapist who loves her job, you want to have stability, support, and time to build relationships and track progress with the students in your case load. 

Tonya Leonard was a physical therapist and mom looking for balance, too. Fifteen years ago, she founded Excel Therapy Services to create the agency she herself wanted to work for.

Many agencies move therapists from school to school to meet their needs without giving flexibility or support to meet YOUR needs as a therapist and a person. 

You deserve to partner with an agency who recognizes that when you as a therapist excel, your students, their families, and their schools excel. 

At Excel Therapy Services, we know that when the therapist thrives, everyone thrives. We promise to deliver an excellent career option for our therapists, and we only hire exceptional therapists who are Georgia Licensed and Credentialed.

You deserve an agency that recognizes you as a whole person, not just an employee.

You deserve an agency who partners WITH you so that you can excel in your school AND your home. 

Opportunities at

School Therapy and Nursing Positions

We contract with 11 school districts in North Georgia and Tennessee to provide speech, occupational, and autism therapists, along with school nurses and sign language interpreters.

Private Outpatient Clinic Therapists

Our North Georgia therapy clinic serves children ages 0-21 with OT, PT, and SLP needs. We offer teletherapy and accept most insurance plans, including all Medicaid insurance CMOs.

Clinical Fellows

We welcome Clinical Fellows looking for clinical hours as new Speech Pathologist graduates. We offer excellent mentoring from experienced therapists. We offer school clinical therapy settings, as well as private outpatient clinical experience. 

Guiding Principle

Founder and President, Tonya Leonard

12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 “Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed. Hebrews 12:12

When Tonya was in Physical Therapy school, she studied this Bible verse. Her foundational philosophy for business and therapy is that God created everyone in his image and gave each of us gifts to love and serve those around us. Tonya’s goal is inspired by Hebrews: may her patients and staff feel strengthened and may her work show God’s healing power.

Trust an agency with 15 years of solid contracts in 10 school districts serving Whitfield, Dalton City, Murray, Gordon, Bartow, Gilmer, Catoosa, Walker, Chattoga, Trion, and Polk Counties.

Don't settle for a job that puts the agency before the therapists. 

Choose EXCELlence.

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Our Therapists Are Awesome.

  • I absolutely love my job. I have been a nurse since 2011, and by far, this has been the best work environment, and the most rewarding job in nursing that I have had. I feel like there’s always something new, and I learn and grow each day working with the children.

    Leah Gedeonov, School RN

  • Excel Therapy always supports and encourages me professionally. Tonya is always willing to lend a listening ear and provide professional advice. When I encounter a problem I always feel like I can reach out to Tonya for advice. 

    Melanie Cook, SLP

  • Excel Therapy Services has given me the opportunity to learn and grow as a speech-language pathologist. I have experience with children ages birth to adulthood and am currently working in multiple settings. I have a lot of support in each of the settings I work in and am always looking to learn more from other therapists.

    Carly Ensley, M. Ed. CF-SLP