BDA Accreditation Board

What is the BDA Accreditation Board?

The Accreditation Board develops, defines and publishes the criteria for professional standards for courses of study and for individual awards for approval by the BDA, and approves applications for such BDA accreditation.

The Accreditation Board is independent in nature. Although it is a sub-committee of the BDA, authority on matters of Accreditation has been fully delegated. The Accreditation Board has its own Chair of senior academic standing, with a record of research and publishing in the field of dyslexia and independent of any provider of dyslexia training, delegated and is made up of leaders and experts in the field from around the UK.

Course providers that demonstrate they are able to meet the professional standards offer courses of study leading to the following BDA accreditations:

• AMBDA Associate Member of the BDA (and their FE/HE and Dyscalculia equivalents)
• ATS Accredited Teacher Status
• APS Accredited Practitioner Status
• ALSA Accredited Learning Support Assistant

The Board is also responsible for considering all applications from those applying for AMBDA or ATS through an Individual Merit route.

The Accreditation Board operates under Terms of Reference approved by the Board which you can read here.

Members

Currently, the members of the BDA Accreditation Board are:

• Professor Charles Hulme, Chair
• Katrina Cochrane, Co Executive Vice Chair
  
• Tilly Mortimore, Co Executive Vice Chair
• Jennifer Donovan
• Joanna Dunton
• Lynn Greenwold OBE
• Jennie Guise
• Claire Harvey
• Judy Hornigold
• Lynn Lovell,
• Lisa McIntyre
• Sharon McMurray MBE
• Siobhan Mellor
• Helen Ross, Co-Vice Chair BDA Board of Trustees
• Julie Ross
• Chivonne Preston, BDA CEO