| 1974 |
Branch Articles of Incorporation signed (Oregon Branch of The Orton Society). |
| 1975 |
First Annual Conference (Good Samaritan Hospital, "Beginning Early-Perspectives in Learning") |
| 1976 |
Charter awarded on November 2. |
| 1978 |
First medical dinner. |
| 1981 |
First branch newsletter published. |
| 1982 |
Name changed to Oregon Branch of The Orton Dyslexia Society. |
| 1984 |
Language Skills Seminar developed (later known as Fundamentals of Written Language). |
| 1985 |
Gloria Zeal Davis elected to ODS Board of Directors. |
| 1986 |
Dale Holloway created the Reversals Groups at Lewis & Clark College. |
| 1988 |
Branch sponsored lecture by Dr. Zdenek Matejcek;
Portland offered as site for 1991 national conference. |
| 1990 |
Multisensory tutor training program launched. |
| 1991 |
42nd National Conference ("Peak Performance") held in
Portland; Gloria Zeal Davis was national program chair; Diana Kerman was local
arrangements chair. Dorothy Whitehead was awarded the Samuel T. Orton Award.
Fundamentals of Written Language became a separate entity. |
| 1992 |
Outreach programs launched by Pat Robb. |
| 1997 |
Name changed to the Oregon Branch of The International
Dyslexia Association. 22nd Annual Conference ("Soaring to New Heights: Succeeding with Learning Disabilities")
held for the first time outside of the Portland area at Chinook Winds Conference Center, Lincoln City. |
| 1998 |
Branch conducts its first fundraising campaign.
Fundamentals of Written Language disbands and transfers the Barbara McAllister
Endowment Fund to ORBIDA for use in meeting the needs of adults. 23rd Annual Conference ("Links to Literacy")
held at Holiday Inn Portland South, Wilsonville. |
| 1999 |
Branch moves into its first office, located in the
25th & Lovejoy Medical Building in Portland. IDA celebrates 50 Golden Years, and
the Oregon Branch celebrates its Silver Jubilee. Oregon Branch establishes first
web site (www.aracnet.com/~orbida). |
| 2000 |
Lynetta Weswig becomes Oregon Branch's first Information and
Referral Consultant, working out of the new office in Portland. |
| 2002 |
Oregon Branch registers its own domain name and establishes
an upgraded web site at www.orbida.org (this site). |
| 2006 |
31st Annual Conference ("Hope Across the Lifespan") held at
Kingstad Center, Beaverton. |
| 2007 |
32nd Annual Conference ("Literacy: A Capital Idea!")
jointly sponsored with OSPA (Oregon School Psychologists Association) held at
Salem Conference Center, Salem. |
| 2008 |
33rd Annual Conference ("Literacy Across the Spectrum") held at
LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis. |
| 2009 |
34th Annual Conference ("The Four R’s: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, Research")
held in cooperation with OSPA at Portland Airport Sheraton, Portland. |
| 2010 |
35th Annual Conference ("A Day with Anita Archer: Dynamic Vocabulary Instruction")
held at Portland Airport Holiday Inn, Portland. |
