Day 1 - Oct 23rd, 2025

Keynote Speaker

Improving Executive Functioning Skills

Brandon Slade (he/him), Founder CIO of Untapped Learning
Keynote Speaker - Video Recording (Pending)
Keynote Speaker - Presentation Slides
Keynote Speaker - Reflection Questions

Session 2

Building Bridges Between Disability Services and the Wider College Community
Dr. Joel Dickstein, Director, Undergraduate OSDS, Touro University
Dr. Avery M. Horowitz, Dean of Advisement and Counseling, Touro University.
Presentation slides for session 2

Session 3

Get Your Stuff Together: Helping Students Get the GYST of Adulting and all of its Complexities
Vanessa Case, ADA/504 Compliance & Accommodative Services Manager, Paul Smith's College
Presentation slides for session 3

Session 4

Student Empowerment Day
NYSDSC Government Relations Committee
Presentation slides for session 4

Day 2 - Nov 5th, 2025

Session 5

Readers Aid Program
Brenda Rotolo (she/her), Readers Aid Program Coordinator, NYSED ACCES-VR
Presentation slide for Session 5

Session 6

Student Engagement Activities: Is there a value?
Jason Schneider (he/him), Assistant Manager Student Success, Touro University, School of Health Sciences
Presentation slides for session 6

Session 7

NYSED Advisory Council on Post-Secondary Education for Students with Disabilities Updates
Ceylane Meyers-Ruff, NYSED Deputy Commissioner of Special Education & ACCES
Dr. Christine Cea, NYSED Board of Regent Co-Chair
Tamara Mariotti, NYSDSC/SUNY Assistant Director of Disability Resources Co-Chair
Presentation slides for session 7

Session 8

Onboarding as Opportunity
Kris Percival (she/her), Assistant Director, Learning/Access Center, Pratt Institute
Presentation slides for session 8
Field Guide for session 8

Session 9

Business Meeting
Business Meeting Agenda