Day 1 - October 23, 2025
Keynote Speaker
Improving Executive Functioning Skills
Brandon Slade (he/him), Founder CIO of Untapped Learning
Keynote Speaker - Video Recording
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.
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
Session 4
Student Empowerment Day
NYSDSC Government Relations Committee
Day 2 - November 5, 2025
Session 5
Readers Aid Program
Brenda Rotolo (she/her), Readers Aid Program Coordinator, NYSED ACCES-VR
Session 6
Student Engagement Activities: Is there a value?
Jason Schneider (he/him), Assistant Manager Student Success, Touro University, School of Health Sciences
Session 7
NYSED Advisory Council on Post-Secondary Education for Students with Disabilities Updates
Ceylane Meyers-Ruff, NYSED Deputy Commissioner of Special Education & ACCESDr. Christine Cea, NYSED Board of Regent Co-ChairTamara Mariotti, NYSDSC/SUNY Assistant Director of Disability Resources Co-Chair
Session 8
Onboarding as Opportunity
Kris Percival (she/her), Assistant Director, Learning/Access Center, Pratt Institute
Session 9
NYSDSC Business Meeting