The mission of the Alliance is to provide a united association of organizations, each of which, establishes and maintains criteria and standards for quality preparation, with practica, for individuals using Multi-sensory (Multi-modal) Language Education (MSLE) to instruct those with dyslexia.
Learn MoreThe Alliance exists to provide a united association of organizations focused on the accreditation of Multisensory Structured Language Education training courses and the certification of graduates of those courses. The Alliance has represented the highest level of training and achievement for academic language practitioners, academic language therapists and classroom dyslexia specialists for more than 25 years.
The Alliance is comprised of three organizations: The International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC), The Orton-Gillingham Academy (OGA), and Wilson Language Training (WLT).
The uniting organizations of the Alliance represent training, accreditation, and certification programs led by expert trainers who themselves have been through the highest levels of practicum experience and taught many individuals with dyslexia. The Alliance recognizes that individuals with a diagnosed language-learning disability or dyslexia require specialized and diagnostic instruction from a highly trained individual. Each of these organizations is committed to rigorous standards, including a practicum mentored by a highly qualified/properly authorized trainer.
Each organization has been in existence for over 25 years, and combined, have certified more than 50,000 individuals in the US; certify approximately 3,000 individuals per year; and have their training programs affiliated with 45 colleges and universities. Each organization’s training content and protocols have been thoroughly reviewed and recognized by the International Dyslexia Association.
All Alliance members ascribe to multisensory structured language (MSL) methodologies and have extensive, documented coursework, field experiences and required practicums. Each candidate for certification, regardless of organization, must be capable of demonstrating knowledge of theory and practice and able to successfully apply that knowledge and those practices to the needs of struggling readers under the direction of a highly experienced trainer.
Alliance member organizations provide highly trained individuals to instruct those with dyslexia and related disorders. Among these individuals are: classroom teachers, reading specialists and interventionists, dyslexia therapists, tutors, and special educators delivering thousands of hours of reading intervention annually.
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The Alliance represents training, accreditation, and certification organizations with well-established processes in place to certify individuals and accredit courses that meet rigorous standards. Our organizations recognize that individuals diagnosed with dyslexia require specialized and diagnostic instruction from a highly trained specialist. AOGPE and WLT certify individuals who have met course standards and demonstrated a level of competency, including a practicum mentored by a highly qualified instructor. AOGPE, IMSLEC, and WLT accredit training programs, institutions, and organizations that uphold those high standards of training and instruction, including a required supervised practicum.
For over two decades, organizations within The Alliance have influenced the success of reading specialists and advocated for the understantding of teaching reading to all students, but especially for those identified with dyslexia. The Alliance promotes the professional development and standards required of competent Multisensory Structured Language Educators.
To provide a united association of organizations concerned with the accreditation of Multisensory Structured Language Education (MSLE) training courses and the certification of graduates of these courses;
In order to provide criteria and standards for quality control in the education of those individuals trained to instruct individuals with Dyslexia and Related Disorders in therapeutic and/or preventative settings;
So that (1) the consumer will be informed as to the professional development required for competent MSLE teachers and therapists, and (2) the combined strength of the organizations in The Alliance can influence the goals of the field of reading specialists and the understanding of teaching reading to all students.