GETTING
THE WINNING
EDGE 2016
LONG ISLAND
WORKING
PARTNERSHIP
Business, Community
Agencies, and
Government working
together to advance
employment opportunities for individuals
with disabilities.
A no-cost
staff development &
training conference
for counselors and
placement specialists
who work with people
with disabilities.
For information about how to get
involved please contact:
Presented by:
The Long Island Working Partnership
Hofstra University Rehabilitation
Counselor Education Program
The National Rehabilitation Association
Ella Craanen at 516-227-6804
Friday June 17, 2016
Long Island Working Partnership
Attn: Ella Craanen
c/o ACCES-VR
711 Stewart Ave. #4
Garden City, NY 11530
Hofstra University Student Center
Meadowbrook Pkwy Exit M5 W
On Hempstead Tpke about one mile
Park on North Campus
GETTING THE WINNING EDGE 2016
AM Sessions I (10:30 – 12:00)
AG E NDA
H O F S T RA S T UDE NT CE NT E R
F RI DAY J UNE 1 7, 20 16
8:30 a.m. – Registration
9:00 a.m. – Welcome and Introductions
9:15 a.m. –
Michael Seereiter, President & CEO,
NY State Rehabilitation Association—
NYSRA
10:15 – 10:30 – Break
10:30 – Breakout Sessions I – AM
12:00 – Lunch (available for purchase)
1:15 – Breakout Sessions II – PM
2:45 – CRC Credits
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CHOOSE ONE from AM and ONE
from PM Sessions
Workshops will be assigned on a first
come first served basis
CRC—Please have your workshop
attendance signed at the end of each
workshop
4 CRC Credits for the entire day
Credits for Ethics Workshops will be
given out at the end of each workshop
 Ethics I—CRC Revised Code of Ethics
Jamie Mitus, PhD
Program Director for Rehabilitation Counseling Programs
Hofstra University
Living & Working with Multiple Sclerosis
Karen Blitz, DO
MS Specialist, South Shore Neurological Associates
The effects of aging and disabilities on employees in the
workplace
Cynthia Roth, VP Business Development
The Viscardi Center
Employment Incentives & Tax Credits
Lorie Boyd, IES I, ACCES-VR Garden City
Taniqua Hunter, IES I, ACCES-VR Queens
PM Sessions II (1:15 – 2:45)
 Ethics II—TBA
Kristie Golden, PhD, Associate Director of Operations,
Neurosciences & Psychiatry
SUNY Stony Brook University
 Volunteerism, ethical and legal issues
Victor Fusco, ESQ
Fusco, Brandenstein and Rada PC
The Disability Attorneys
 Reasonable Accommodations Technologies for the
Physically Challenged
Jody Kulchinski, Sorenson
Functional Capacity Evaluations/Work Hardening
BEST Associates, Susan Greenberg, MS, PT
 Services for Students with Disabilities in
Higher Education
Jennifer Forni, Dir. Services for Students with Disabilities
Suffolk Community College
Julie Yindra, Dir. Services for Students with Disabilities
Hofstra University
Registration Form
Please mail or fax by June 10th to:
Ella Craanen
c/o ACCES-VR
711 Stewart Ave. #4
Garden City, NY 11530
Fax: (516) 227-6834
Or, email your choice of workshops to:
[email protected]
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