INSTITUTE FOR MULTI-SENSORY EDUCATION, L.L.C.

What INSTITUTE FOR MULTI-SENSORY EDUCATION, L.L.C. does

INSTITUTE FOR MULTI-SENSORY EDUCATION, L.L.C., operating as IMSE and Orton-Gillingham.com, is a US-based private limited liability company headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, with 16 employees. The company delivers professional development training in the Orton-Gillingham multi-sensory methodology and modern Structured Literacy principles aligned to the Science of Reading. Its core offering comprises Comprehensive and Intermediate Orton-Gillingham training programs delivered in three formats — live-virtual, in-person, and asynchronous — targeting general and special education teachers, dyslexia specialists, reading interventionists, school district administrators, parents, and tutors. Curricula are aligned with the International Dyslexia Association's Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading, and the company also distributes supporting physical products (Blending Board, OG Plus Card Pack, Sensational Sand, Tokens, printable activity sets) and partner-published assessment tools such as the Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST).

IMSE's revenue model is professional-services training supplemented by product sales. Training is sold via direct channels — the imse.com and orton-gillingham.com websites, phone sales at (800) 646-9788, and email inquiries to [email protected] — with contact-based pricing for districts and schools and individual enrollment for teachers and parents. Multi-year district contracts are available. The go-to-market combines sales-led outreach with a community-led content engine: the Orton-Gillingham.com blog and Journal.imse.com generate top-of-funnel demand through research-based literacy content, while the credentialed training programs close at the bottom of the funnel. The company claims reach to thousands of teachers and millions of students, operating with a stated global footprint and no geographic restrictions, though ownership, leadership, headcount trends, and funding history are not disclosed in available source material.

Name

INSTITUTE FOR MULTI-SENSORY EDUCATION, L.L.C.

Legal name

INSTITUTE FOR MULTI-SENSORY EDUCATION, L.L.C.

Website

https://orton-gillingham.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IMSE delivers Orton-Gillingham and Structured Literacy professional development training to K-12 educators, school districts, special education classrooms, parents, and tutors via live-virtual, in-person, and asynchronous formats, supplemented by instructional physical products and aligned with IDA Knowledge and Practice Standards.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Literacy / Reading Professional Development Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Orton-Gillingham & Structured Literacy Enrichment (EDAMAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Structured Literacy / Orton-Gillingham Intervention Services (EDAKAJAC), Literacy & Reading Intervention (Phonics, Fluency, Comprehension) (EDAKADAA), Literacy & ELA Instruction (School-Delivered) (EDAJAFAF)

Keywords

• Structured literacy training
• Orton-Gillingham methodology
• Educator professional development
• Multi-sensory instruction
• Reading intervention programs

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Development Training: IMSE generates revenue through providing Orton-Gillingham and Structured Literacy professional development training programs to educators, schools, and districts. Training is delivered through live-virtual, in-person, and asynchronous formats.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IMSE delivers Orton-Gillingham and Structured Literacy professional development training programs (Comprehensive, Intermediate, and advanced tiers) to K-12 educators, special education and reading intervention staff, schools, and school districts, with a parallel track for parents and tutors. The company also sells proprietary multi-sensory classroom manipulatives and curriculum aids (blending boards, OG Plus card packs, sand trays, token sets, printable center activities) and literacy resources including Equipped for Reading Success and the Phonological Awareness Screening Test.

Product overview

IMSE offers a portfolio of Orton-Gillingham-based training programs and educational products designed for literacy instruction. The core offering consists of professional development training programs (Comprehensive and Intermediate Orton-Gillingham trainings) available in multiple delivery formats (live-virtual, in-person, and asynchronous). Supporting the training programs, IMSE provides physical educational products including manipulables (Blending Board, Tokens), multisensory materials (Sensational Sand), and printable activity sets (OG Plus Card Pack, Encoding and Decoding Center Activity Set). Additionally, IMSE offers or references assessment tools and publications including the Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST) and Dr. David Kilpatrick's Equipped for Reading Success book. The product ecosystem is designed to equip educators with both training and instructional materials for implementing Structured Literacy approaches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Orton-Gillingham Comprehensive Training

Quantifiable outcome

• Students receiving special education services will see gains in reading proficiency through a comprehensive 10-18 week curriculum based on Orton-Gillingham with 30 minutes of instruction per day
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Dyslexia Association (IDA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMSE's training programs align with the International Dyslexia Association's Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading. The IDA adopted the term Structured Literacy as an umbrella term for evidence-based reading programs including Orton-Gillingham. This partnership establishes IMSE's credentials in the dyslexia intervention field.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Brainspring (Orton-Gillingham Plus): Brainspring offers Orton-Gillingham Plus training and educator certification programs. It is a direct OG methodology competitor with a similar teacher-PD business model targeting schools and dyslexia interventionists.
• Reading Horizons: Reading Horizons delivers Structured Literacy curriculum and teacher training focused on decoding and phonics. It targets similar K-12 district and interventionist buyers as IMSE and competes for the same evidence-based literacy PD wallet.
• Tools 4 Reading: Tools 4 Reading provides Structured Literacy teacher training, including foundational and advanced courses aligned with IDA Knowledge & Practice Standards. It competes for the same structured literacy PD budgets as IMSE.
• Kendore Learning: Kendore Learning offers OG-based teacher training and dyslexia intervention certification through Kendore Institute. It directly competes with IMSE in OG trainer credentials and structured literacy PD delivery.
• Voyager Sopris Learning: Voyager Sopris provides evidence-based literacy interventions (e.g., LANGUAGE! Live, Wonder Words) and professional development. It serves similar K-12 district and interventionist customers as IMSE.
• Wilson Language Training: Wilson Language Training offers the Wilson Reading System, a structured literacy intervention program with its own educator certification pathway. It is one of IMSE's closest competitors in OG-aligned K-12 teacher PD and intervention curriculum.
• Lexia Learning (a Cambium Learning Group company): Lexia provides literacy instruction and professional learning for K-12 educators, including Structured Literacy-aligned programs and embedded assessment. It competes directly with IMSE for district literacy PD and intervention budgets.
• Really Great Reading: Really Great Reading provides structured literacy interventions and educator training aligned with the Science of Reading, including Countdown and Blast Foundations. It is a direct competitor in OG-adjacent teacher PD and intervention.

Others

• International Dyslexia Association (IDA): IDA is the standards-setting nonprofit that accredits OG/Structured Literacy training programs and co-adopted the Structured Literacy umbrella term. IMSE aligns its training to IDA's Knowledge and Practice Standards; IDA is more of a credentialing authority than direct competitor but is the category's reference body.

Broad incumbents

• Benchmark Education: Benchmark Education is a larger K-12 literacy publisher and PD provider offering Structured Literacy solutions. It competes in adjacent K-12 literacy categories with broader curriculum offerings than IMSE's OG-focused niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCPJqkhSNKynPzgLj4Xuqp9g
• Pinterestpinterest.com/ortongillingham/red-words
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/institute-for-multi-sensory-education-l.l.c.

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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