Welcome

On behalf of the Board of Directors for the Dallas Branch, I welcome you.  We are thrilled to be celebrating our 50th Anniversary this year and kicking off the celebration with our 50th Regional Conference on February 3rd at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, TX. We are here to serve our community and support dyslexia through conferences, speakers, continuing education, and our scholarship fund. 

We have a strong outreach in the Dallas area; however, our branch covers portions of:

Texas (Zip codes: 75000-76499, 76600-76999, 79000-79799)

Arkansas (Zip codes: 71600-72999)

Oklahoma (Zip codes: 73000-73799)

Take a look around and please contact us with any questions or comments. Click the map below to see more about the areas we serve.

Samantha Varadarajan
President
International Dyslexia Association
Dallas Branch

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COVID-19 DISCLAIMER 

COVID-19 has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread mainly from person-to-person contact. As a result, federal, state, and local governments and federal and state health agencies recommend social distancing and have, in many locations, prohibited the congregation of groups of people.

Dallas IDA put in place preventative measures to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 at its events and activities, including suggesting masks and having hand sanitizer readily available. However, Dallas IDA cannot guarantee that you will not become infected with COVID-19 by attending and/or participating in its events.  Attending and/or participating in Dallas IDA’s events during the COVID-19 pandemic could expose you to someone who has been infected with COVID-19 and increase your risk of contracting COVID-19.

By participating in any Dallas IDA events, you: (1) acknowledge the contagious nature of COVID-19; (2) voluntarily assume all risk that you may be exposed to or infected by COVID-19; and (3) agree to release, covenant not to sue, discharge and hold harmless Dallas IDA and its officers, employees, agents, and representatives from any and all claims arising out of or related to exposure to COVID-19, including but not limited to claims for personal injury, illness, disability, death, economic loss, and expenses of any kind.

 Dallas IDA respectfully asks you not to participate in any of our in-person events if you are showing symptoms of COVID-19 (cough, shortness of breath, fever, chills, muscle pain, headaches, sore throat, loss of taste or smell).

Early Literacy Tutoring Opportunity

Partners in Opportunity, a local non-profit dedicated to closing the achievement gap, is looking for volunteer Literacy Tutors for an after-school tutoring program for low-income early elementary school children in grades K-2. This is a unique opportunity for students to earn practicum hours needed to complete course requirements for the SMU Learning Therapy program or other graduate/undergraduate courses in the field of education, and to earn hours toward CALP or CALT certification, while making a significant difference in the lives of underprivileged kids. The program runs Monday through Friday on campus at SMU.

Please see the Literacy Tutor Job Description. Literacy Tutors will use a structured literacy curriculum and will receive support and training from a Lead Dyslexia Interventionist with extensive expertise in early literacy. The time commitment for literacy tutors is 4:15-5:15, Monday through Friday. Tutors will work one-on-one with a given student throughout their involvement in the program.

If you have students in your program who are looking for hours or may be interested in the program, they can fill out an application here: Tutor Application

If they have any questions, they can email anna@partnersinopportunity.org.

The International Dyslexia Association Dallas Branch is excited to relaunch its publication The Asset. The Asset will be published in the Fall and Spring. Click here to read The Asset.

The Asset welcomes contributions from the membership for full-length feature articles, book reviews, helpful applications, and materials. Please submit all manuscripts and articles for consideration to Harrian Stern, theasset@idadallas.org