What families in Oregon should know
Oregon requires the Department of Education to employ an actual, named Dyslexia Specialist whose job is supporting school districts directly — not just publishing a handbook and hoping districts follow it. Oregon also requires universal screening for dyslexia risk factors in kindergarten (and in first grade for students new to Oregon schools), and mandates that every school have at least one K-5 teacher specifically trained in dyslexia.
What Oregon doesn't have is an ESA or voucher program — the state has been consistently resistant to that kind of funding model. So while Oregon's public-school response to dyslexia is genuinely solid on paper, there's no state fund to fall back on if you need to go outside the school system for extra help.
Funding & financial assistance
Funding information is being reviewed for this state.
Tutor and therapist pathways
Oregon requires teacher preparation programs to align instruction with the International Dyslexia Association's Knowledge and Practice Standards (via Teacher Standards and Practices Commission rules), and requires at least one K-5 teacher per school to be specifically trained in dyslexia. There's no separate "dyslexia therapist" license for independent tutors. Private tutors need no state credential to operate; the national CALT, Barton, and Wilson standards apply.
Oregon Dept. of Education — Dyslexia
Map of Oregon tutor listings
Explore the locations represented in our directory. Select a marker for provider details, or select a listing below to focus its marker.
Oregon provider directory
These listings are provided as a starting point for your own research.
Academic Achievement Center
Dyslexia Solutions Oregon
Northwest Dyslexia Center
PDX Dyslexia Intervention
Westside Dyslexia Solutions
Sources
- 1. ORS 326.726 — Dyslexia specialist; training requirements; screening requirements — oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_326.726