 When one of her mentors, Dr. Samuel T. Orton, died in 1948, Childs and some of her colleagues began The Orton Society, to further the research, education, and treatment of dyslexia.Childs was voted in as the vice-president in 1959, and she held that title until 1965.She opened the Dallas branch of The Orton Society, and co-founded the New York branch.