ADI accredits not-for-profit organizations that train assistance dogs to ensure that they adhere to the highest standards in all aspects of their operations, including ethical treatment and training of dogs, ethical treatment of clients, and solid service dog training and follow-up.  Only the not-for-profit organizations that have been accredited can be a member of ADI. 

ADI does not provide membership to individuals or for-profit organizations. 

IMPORTANT: To apply for the ADI accreditation process, organizations must be an ADI Accredited member or Candidate organization in good standing. Candidate organizations must have been a Candidate for at least two (2) years and have placed at least 10 assistance dog teams to be eligible to apply for an ADI accreditation assessment. Information about how to become a Candidate organization can be found on the Candidates page. 

Members or Candidate organizations that want to apply for accreditation or re-accreditation must first review all the ADI accreditation documents. Requests for the documents should be sent to [email protected]