The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) has an accreditation program that rigorously reviews educator preparation programs based on an accreditation model that is uniquely aligned with IDA’s Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading (KPS). Alignment with the KPS provides programs with a comprehensive standards-based reading preparation framework to guide the development of their curriculum. Programs that meet these standards are awarded IDA Accreditation.
Programs awarded AccreditationPlus have received IDA accreditation and also produce educators who have engaged in intensive supervised practicum experiences that were sufficiently designed and staffed to promote applied mastery of the principles and practices of structured literacy in the service of preventing reading failure and remediating off-track readers with profiles characteristic of dyslexia.
The following programs have been awarded IDA Accreditation:
Southern CT State University GRAD Reading AccreditationPlus
INSTITUTION | STATE | CREDENTIAL/PROGRAM | ACCREDITATION LEVEL | FTF or Online |
Anitoch University Midwest |
OH |
Dyslexia Certificate Program |
AccreditationPlus | Online |
Arcadia University |
PA |
GRAD: Reading Specialist Program PreK-4 Undergraduate with a certificate |
Accreditation |
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Carlow University |
PA |
M.Ed in Reading Specialist |
AccreditationPlus |
Online & Hybrid |
Central Michigan University | MI | Grad: Structured Literacy and Language Intervention Certificate (SLLIC) | AccreditationPlus | |
Clarion University |
PA |
M.Ed Special Education PK-8/7-12 w/ Reading Concentration |
Accreditation |
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Drexel University |
PA |
M.Ed Special Education – Dyslexia Specialist |
AccreditationPlus |
Online |
Fairleigh-Dickinson University |
NJ |
Orton Gillingham Teacher Training Program |
AccreditationPlus |
FTF & Hybrid |
Faulkner University | AL |
B.S. Elementary Education M.Ed. elementary Education (alternative certificate) |
Accreditation Accreditation |
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Gordon College |
MA |
M.Ed in Reading |
AccreditationPlus |
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Mount Saint Joseph’s University |
OH |
GRAD: Reading Science Program OH Reading Endorsement Dyslexia Certificate: Structured Literacy Interventionist
|
AccreditationPlus AccreditationPlus AccreditationPlus
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Robert Morris University |
PA |
Reading Specialist Certificate Structured Literacy Interventionist
|
AccreditationPlus Accreditation |
FTF |
Saint Joseph’s University
|
PA |
B.S. Elementary Education PreK-4 and Special Ed M.S. in Special Education : Systematic Literacy Reading Interventionist Certificate
|
Accreditation AccreditationPlus AccreditationPlus
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Southern CT State University |
CT |
Grad Reading |
AccreditationPlus |
FTF and Online |
University of Central Arkansas |
AR |
UGRAD Elementary Education
|
AccreditationPlus AccreditationPlus |
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University of Dayton |
OH |
UGRAD Early Childhood/Middle Level/Intervention Specialist GRAD Reading Endorsement |
AccreditationPlus AccreditationPlus |
FTF & Online |
University of Florida |
FL |
Dyslexia Certificate Program |
AccreditationPlus |
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University of Southern Mississippi |
MS |
M.Ed in Dyslexia Therapy |
AccreditationPlus |
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Webster University |
MO |
MA in Reading with a Graduate Certificate in Dyslexia GRAD Certificate in Dyslexia |
AccreditationPlus AccreditationPlus |
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William Carey University |
MS |
MA Dyslexia Therapy |
AccreditationPlus |