Learning Lodge Academy

The Learning Resource Center of Polk County, Inc. ( LRC ) was founded by the Junior League of Greater Lakeland, Inc in 1975 to help students by providing personalized supplemental education programs and consulting services for parents. At that time it was known as the Learning Disabilities Center and its primary purpose was to serve students with specific learning disabilities and provide support for their parents. The name changed in 1977, as programs for the learning disabled grew in the public school system, and LRC expanded its services to help all students maximize their learning potential. From its humble beginnings as a small volunteer group working in borrowed space, LRC today has over 400 certified teachers who provide countywide services to over 3, 000 students ages five through adult.

The Carter-Jenkins Center is a nonprofit educational organization located in Tampa, Fla. Based on psychoanalytic concepts, the center works on various areas of human development, relationships and emotions. It provides a variety of professional and community education programs for psychologists, social workers and counselors. The Carter-Jenkins Center also offers several self-learning programs in behavioral health. The center organizes various study groups and seminars. It provides courses on a range of mental health issues affecting children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. The Carter-Jenkins Center offers information on the effects of life disruptions, including divorce, remarriage, illness and death. The center provides psychoanalysis for children, adolescents and adults.

Associated Marine Institute is a nonprofit organization that serves at-risk youth age 14 to 18, through residential and day treatment programs. The organization operates more than 50 programs for juvenile offenders in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It rehabilitates adjudicated kids in small, middle and high school settings, with academic instruction, experiential education, mentoring, goal setting and working to increase self-esteem through responsibility and accountability. The overall goal of its programs is to provide an opportunity for kids who are academically behind in school, and have behavioral issues, to catch up academically or surpass their peers. Associated Marine Institute is located in Tampa, Fla.