Founder Helen Irlen
Helen L. Irlen, MA, BCPC, PPS, BCPTSD, LMFT
Founder: Irlen Institute International Headquarters

Over 20 years ago, research directed by Helen Irlen under a federal research grant studied methods of helping children and adults with reading and learning disabilities. One important discovery was that a subgroup of individuals showed a marked improvement in their reading ability when reading material was covered by colored acetate sheets. For the next five years, Ms. Irlen worked on refining her discovery, developing diagnostic testing instruments, and patenting a set of colored filters.
Because of this breakthrough, the Irlen Method has been the subject of two segments of 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, The Home Show, 60 Minutes Australia, a BBC Special, ABC Worldwide News with Peter Jennings, NBC News, The Doctors Show, and numerous TV shows around the world. She is the author of Reading By The Colors, The Irlen Revolution: A Guide to Changing Your Perception and Your Life, and Sports Concussions and Getting Back in the Game … of Life. Her work has been reported in textbooks on learning disabilities in Australia and England; and the Irlen Method has received international exposure through National Geographic, newspaper articles, magazine articles, and television documentaries.
There are over 170 affiliated Irlen Clinics worldwide and over 10,000 educators have been trained in the Irlen Method. Many school districts have included screening as part of the regular test battery administered.
