We are the oldest such organization in the U.S. serving individuals with dyslexia, their families, and professionals in the field. We number some 11,000 members - 60% in the field of education and 20% are individuals with dyslexia or parents of children who are dyslexic.

We operate 47 Branches throughout the U.S. and Canada, and have 10 Global Partners including the countries of Brazil, Czech Republic, Israel, and The Philippines.

Our annual budget of $2.1 million is funded by private donations, membership dues, foundation grants, sale of publications, conferences, and other development efforts. IDA receives no government funding. IDA has an all-volunteer Board of Directors.

• Information & Referral Services
• Research
• Advocacy & Public Policy
• Professional Development

• 30,000-40,000 direct inquiries to our headquarters office and 47 Branches
• 250,000 website visitors annually
• An interactive web-based dyslexia forum open to members and non-members alike
• 47 Branches conducting local conferences, workshops and support groups
• An annual conference bringing 200-300 experts in the field together with approximately 3,000 individuals who are concerned with the issue of dyslexia and other learning disabilities
• A content distributor to international affiliates for dissemination in their countries.

• Our peer-reviewed journal, Annals of Dyslexia , is available both in print and online for all members. In addition, archived issues of Annals are available online.
• Our subject-related quarterly publication--Perspectives on Language and Literacy , is distributed to members quarterly (past topics have included: teacher training, legal issues, parent issues, etc.) View the article: needs name and link to article.
• Other topic-related publications are available for purchase by the public.
• Fact Sheets are IDA's topic-related publications which are free to the public and can be found under the "Information and Resources" section of this website. View "Dyslexia Basics ."
In addition, we fund research on neurological, educational and developmental issues as they relate to dyslexia. We advocate for the rights of individuals with dyslexia both through the legal and Federal legislative systems. And based upon models in place in our New Jersey Branch, we are developing programs to provide services (testing, tutoring, remedial instruction, etc.) throughout our branch network directly to individuals with dyslexia.

The Central Ohio Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (COBIDA) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization formed to increase the public’s awareness of dyslexia in Central and South Eastern Ohio and parts of West Virginia and Kentucky. It is one of 47 branches of IDA in the country and the most recent branch to be formed in Ohio (1997). Sister Ohio branches include the Ohio Valley Branch located in Cincinnati and the Northern Ohio Branch in Cleveland.

(1) to increase awareness of dyslexia and related learning disabilities;
(2) to assist professionals, dyslexics and their families;
(3) to promote use of effective teaching methods; and
(4) to disseminate research-based knowledge.

COBIDA has developed a three-tiered plan to accomplish this mission:

COBIDA’s main goal is to educate the public about dyslexia and to promote effective teaching methods. The dissemination of information to public school administrators, teachers and parents regarding the implementation of research-based reading instruction will be the first step. This group will be the most instrumental in creating change in the school system. We currently hold an annual conference in Columbus, Ohio to facilitate the training and education of teachers, parents, administrators and other professionals serving the needs of dyslexics.

COBIDA hopes to enact legislation mandating pre-K screening for phonemic awareness, rapid naming and other National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) research-based neurological components required for learning to read. All children identified as “at-risk” will be referred for a full evaluation. Additionally, COBIDA wants to enact legislation requiring early intervention (K – 3) for children identified by the screen as “at risk”. Legislation would help correct the problem of institutional discrimination against dyslexics, provide additional training for teachers and change the standards of the college of education.

COBIDA is compiling a database of current and pending legislation in Ohio as well as contacting other branches of IDA to determine existing and pending legislation in other states. COBIDA has established a committee to review the legislation and determine “holes” in the legislation with the long-term goal of drafting and submitting appropriate legislation in Ohio. COBIDA is looking to hire a full-time lobbyist to promote appropriate pieces of legislation.

Through community partnerships, COBIDA will establish strong network opportunities for dyslexics, their families and professionals and seek additional funding opportunities through corporate and professional sponsorships. This will put COBIDA in touch with a larger portion of the community as well as joining with state goals and allow COBIDA to tap into resources that are already in place, including grant money. Community partnerships will help COBIDA achieve the other tiers in its business plan – it is the common thread and will benefit all aspects of the mission statement. COBIDA will seek appropriate corporate and professional sponsorships to help fund additional workshops and expand the distribution of resource materials.

Neurospychiatrist and pathologist, was a pioneer in focusing attention on reading failure and related language processing difficulties. He brought together neuroscientific information and principles of remediation. As early as the 1920s, he had extensively studied children with the kind of language processing difficulties now commonly associated with dyslexia and had formulated a set of teaching principles and practices for such children.

Was a gifted educator and psychologist with a superb mastery of the language. Working with Dr. Orton, she trained teachers and compiled and published instructional materials, over the last half century the Orton-Gillingham approach has been the seminal and most influential intervention designed expressly for remediating the language processing problems of children and adults with dyslexia.

The first Orton memorial dinner-meeting was held in 1949 to commemorate the death of Samuel T. Orton and plan the formation of The Orton Society. The first annual meeting took place in New York in 1950. Early meetings of The Society were small, made-up of Dr. Orton’s former colleagues and their associates. Mrs. Orton served as the first president of The Orton Society until 1960. She was followed by Sally Childs, Margaret Rawson (1964) and Roger Saunders (1968). In The Many Faces of Dyslexia, a book by Roger Saunders and Margaret Rawson, they sum up the Orton Dyslexia Society as follows: “The differences are personal; the diagnosis is clinical; the treatment is educational; the understanding is scientific; and the Orton Dyslexia Society serves the united whole.”

In 1997, the name of the Orton Dyslexia Society was changed to the International Dyslexia Association. This name change reflected the growing international influence of the explicit, systematic Orton methods of teaching reading which used multisensory structured language education (MSLE) strategies. The wide dissemination of research-based knowledge on the nature of dyslexia and the accompanying scientifically based teaching strategies used for the effective remediation of dyslexia is central to the mission of the International Dyslexia Society (IDA). During the past 60 years, IDA has been instrumental in promoting the use of effective teaching and intervention strategies for dyslexics for over 60 years. IDA facilitates the exploration of the causes and early identification of dyslexia. It supports and encourages interdisciplinary study and research and is committed to the responsible and wide dissemination of research-based knowledge. The annual IDA Conference is world renown in the field of reading and learning disabilities for the dissemination of leading edge scientifically-based reading research and practice.

The Central Ohio Branch began with an informal meeting in the home of Julie Rogers in the fall of 1980. Julie planted the seeds of interest with a small, but dedicated group of parents, dyslexics, and professionals. Soon after that, representatives for the Ohio Valley Branch travelled to Columbus to provide information and encouragement for the future Central Ohio Branch. Their support has been ongoing.

A conference was held at the Fawcett Center at the Ohio State University in the spring of 1982. The conference was organized with the help of the Ohio Valley Branch, Julie Rogers and the dyslexic student group at Ohio State. In the spring of 1984, Jean Osman, author of the Language Tool Kit, presented a workshop at the Nisonger Center at Ohio State, which was sponsored by the future Central Ohio Branch.

Central Ohio Branch of The International Dyslexia Association
2948 Scioto Place
Columbus, OH 43221
Phone: 614.899.5711
info@cobida.org

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