Genesis Learning Centers is a Tennessee non-profit organization offering special educational services to children and youth with distinctive needs, including the following:

· emotional and behavioral disorders
· learning disabilities
· mental retardation
· dual diagnosis (SED/MR)
· developmental delays
· short-term severe illness, physical challenges, or misconduct

Our educational services are provided at Genesis Academy in Nashville and Rutherford Academy in Murfreesboro, where students receive individualized academic instruction, mental health treatment, behavioral interventions, and employment preparation and transition.

This unique organization was created over 20 years ago to serve young people who experience extremely difficult times in school and/or home. Our major goal is to offer each student and their families assistance before problems become so serious that solutions within the community are difficult to find and implement. These difficulties may be related to learning, emotional hardships and/or behavior problems. Our mission is to give every young person we touch a positive learning environment to help them grow and become successful in school, work and home.

"We want each person we touch to know that they are able to learn new things, that they can control their own behaviors, and that each is a positive, capable individual who has the potential to become a successful, happy family and community member." Terry Adams, Co-founder and Executive Director