History
NILD U.S. was established in 1982 to assist schools, organizations, and individuals in the development of programs for students with specific learning disabilities.
The NILD Educational Therapy model was developed by Deborah Zimmerman, a nurse and educator. Many of her techniques were developed through her work with pioneers of the early research in learning disabilities, Drs. Archie Silver, M.D. and Rosa Hagin, Ph.D at Bellevue Medical Center in New York.
NILD was introduced to Canadian teachers through ACSI teacher conferences in the middle to late 1980’s. The first educational therapists in Canada were trained in the U.S., in early 1990. Training was brought to Canada in 1993 and the Canadian steering committee took over the training of therapists and regional conferences by 1996.
NILD Canada became an affiliate of NILD in 2002 and now trains therapists at all three levels, organizes conferences twice a year and administers the registration and licensing of all Canadian therapists. A regional office was established in Waterloo in 2003. NILD Canada is administered by a Board of Directors, a national director and an administrative assistant.
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