2026 Move United Education Conference Session Resources

2.3 Day Adaptive Paddling Workshop with Joe Moore

3-Day BICP Adaptive Mountain Bike Level 1 Fundamental Instructor Certification Course with Betsy Hoffmeister

3-Day BICP Adaptive Mountain Bike Level 2 Intermediate Skills Instructor Certification Course with Ethan Kreuger

Access in Action: How to Build Sustainable Adaptive Sports Programs in Schools with Matt Dektas, Nikki Cioffi, & Laura Overback – slides

Adapted PE 101 & Applying Law to Extracurricular Sports with Sach Teran, Scott Mcnamara & Alex Rodriguez

Adaptive Sports Equipment: Strategic Configuration to Enhance Performance for the Seated Athlete with Kendra Betz

Advancing Inclusive Sport Leadership and Education with Kelsey Webb, Jason Scott & Irina Berry

Amputee Soccer – The Fastest Game on One Leg with Nicolai Calabria & Sydney Coblentz- slides

Archery For Every One with M.J. Rogers

Authentic Storytelling: Shaping Perception and Building Inclusion Through Adaptive Sport with Lance Sarabia & Mindy Cook

Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Rehabilitation using Heart Rate Variability and biofeeback (HRV-b) supported by sport and movement

Beyond the Game: Building Bridges Between Sport, Tourism, and Inclusion with Heather Cargill & Nico Marcolongo

Beyond the Mountain: What a Small Nonprofit Learned from Measuring Healing with Alaina Wilson – slides

Beyond the Sidelines: Strategic Media Coverage as a Tool for Growth and Impact with Jennifer Price

Blades, Bikes, and Beyond: Lessons Learned in Pediatric Running & Mobility Care with Jillian Okimoto, Natalie Jennings & Jen Gruenhagen

Blind Hockey – Come Learn and Play with Team USA with Drew Garza & Joshua Schneider

Boccia: A Sport for Everyone: Play, Compete, And Connect! with David Christopher & Mark Flora Swick (divisions) (video resources)

Breaking Barriers with Recreation Therapy: Partnering with the VA to Empower Veterans with Shannon O’Rawe & Alicia Lyons

Breaking Communication Barriers Between Healthcare Providers and Adaptive Athletes – with Clair Helenek & Mike Reynolds

Breath to Bullseye: Open-source DIY Sip-and-Puff Switches for Adaptive Archery & Air Rifle with Jennifer Packard & Jillian Palacio

Bridging Community Engagement in Adapted Sport with Educational Entities: A Multi-Perspective Partnership Framework with Jim Wise, Kelshall Alexander & Winston Kennedy

Building Powerful Partnerships: Connecting with Government and Community to Grow Adaptive Recreation with Kenny Jardine

Building Your Group: How to Effectively Recruit and Manage Volunteers with Andy Robinson

Clinic to Community: Building Pathways for Inclusive Fitness for People with Intellectual and Physical Disabilities with Christopher Joyce, Ken Cameron & Brendan Aylward

Clinic, College and Community:  Expanding Adaptive Sports Pathways in Rehabilitation & Education with Jennifer Packard & Kathleen Salas

Closing Remarks & Keynote Address with Anderson Wise

Coaching Education: An Integrated Approach by the USTA with Evan Enquist & Claire Martin

Creating an Inclusive Physical Activity Community Program Focused on Mobility Differences with Jess Coughlin & Kathryn Lent

Designing the Future: Students Powering Adaptive Sport and Inclusion

Discussion Group: Aging in Adaptive Sports with Suellen Henneberry

Discussion Group: Bridging the Gap – Facilitating Partnerships between Sport & Recreation Organizations and Rehab Hospitals with Allison Gipple & Alyssa Colbert

Discussion Group: Building aMTB Collaborations for Inclusive Trail Development with Mike Riediger, Keja MacEwan & Terry Downey

Discussion Group: Consistency Without Compromise: Leading Multi Location Programs with with Keja MacEwan

Discussion Group: Designing Inclusion: Collaborative Solutions for Accessible Apparel with Bolanie Dahunsi

Discussion Group: Elevating The Collegiate Adapted Sports Landscape with A.J. Munoz-Bond with Brielle Roesch

Discussion Group: Everybody Belongs! A Conversation about Accessibility in Parks and Recreation T.C. Cunin

Discussion Group: Expanding Access through University-Community Collaboration

Discussion Group: Flexibility is Our Strength: Processes to Encourage Adaptable, Creative Thinking in Coaches with Matt Lowery & Abby Fines

Discussion Group: Growing Boccia in Diverse Settings with Matt Flora Swick & David Christopher

Discussion Group: Inclusion in Action: Leading with Integrity in a Shifting Landscape with Kari Ortiz, Kurt Weaver & Craig Towler

Discussion Group: Inside Hospital Based Adaptive Sports Programs: Challenges, Benefits, and What Works with Keja MacEwan

Discussion Group: Key Success Factors to the Sales Pitch with Clayton Frech

Discussion Group: So Every BODY Can Move: The 28×28 Strategy Transforming Mobility Access Through Insurance Coverage Reform

Discussion Group: Start Small: Building the Community First, Asking Questions Later  – A roundtable on the USA Field Hockey’s All Starz model — fully inclusive, non-disability-tested, and what it demands from your NGB

Discussion Group: The Future of Advocacy: Building an AI-Powered Framework for Invisible Disabilities with Wenting Jing and Tyler Cox

Discussion Group: VA Adaptive Sports Grant Q&A with Julia Ray

DIY Wheelchairs and Adaptive Devices for Recreation with Erik Kondo

ED Panel: The ED Survival Guide: Lessons from the Front Lines with Kathleen Brennan, Krystal Bulgereit, Emeline Lakrout, Brendan Aylward & Tracey Fontenot

ED/Leadership Workshop: Lead From Your Strengths with Abbey Harlow

ED/Senior Leadership Workshop: Burnout, Boundaries, and the Radical Act of Being Human with Abbey Harlow

ED/Senior Leadership Workshop: Developing Capital Campaigns with Ed Bronsdon

ED/Senior Leadership Workshop: Leadership Development and Organizational Strategy with Blanche Brann

ED/Senior Leadership Workshop: Managing and Fundraising in Challenging Times with Andy Robinson

ED/Senior Leadership Workshop: Mobilize Your Board to Raise More Money with Andy Robinson

Empowerment by Design: How Proper Equipment Fit Transforms Athletes with Paul Schulte & Jeremy Lade

EQ for Performance: The Competitive Edge of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership with Cash Ashley

Equipment Innovation in Action: From Custom Racing Seats to Community Solutions in Adaptive Sports with Abe Rogers & Zach Williams

Expanding Progression Pathways: Rethinking Sit Ski Instruction to Center Athlete Input with Jacqueline Middleton & Sean Marihugh

From Barriers to Bridges: Fostering Connection Through Effective Facilitation of Virtual Adaptive Sports Programs with Elizabeth Dahlen & Hayley Brown

From Data to Development: Using Goal-Related Documentation Systems to Strengthen Adaptive Sport Programming with Brendan Cormier & Elizabeth Dahlen

From Data to Impact: Using Data Analytics to Strengthen Engagement and Build Member Communities with Kayleigh McCauley-Sayer

From One Email to a Movement: Partnering with Local Municipalities to Expand Adaptive Recreation with Megan Zollinger

From Pipeline to Podium: The Essential Role of High Performance Training for All Athletes with Kelly Bonner

From Rehab to Home: Neurological Injury Education for the Community Provider with Allison Gripple & Alyssa Colbert

From Slopes to Systems: Breaking Barriers Through Better Training for Adaptive Coaches with Kathleen Brennan, Geoff Krill, Ed Meltzer

Growing Your Organization: Nonprofit Life Cycles and Lessons Learned Along The Way with Ed Bronsdon & Kim Krebs (Handout)

Hands-On Bike Demos: Test, Learn, Ride with Spaulding, Northeast Passage, New England Disabled Sports, and Bike-On

Healing Beneath the Surface: The Transformative Power of Adaptive Diving with Tinamarie Hernandez & Christopher Block

How Building and Sustaining an Occupational Therapy Internship Improves Service Delivery with Rina Drake & Janet Brooks

How to Get the Most from Your Recumbent Trikes with Cameron Forys & David Lee

I Am An Athlete Too: The Story of How One Athlete Broke Barriers and How You Can Too with Maria Velat & Abby Hereau

Incorporating Multisport into your Organizational Offerings with Keri Serota, Dan Tun, Chris Palmquist & Ryan Quilty

Independence, Safety, and Performance For Medically Complex Athletes with Jeffrey Rosenbluth

Innovation in Motion: Designing Adaptive Cycling Programs That Grow With Community with Gilbert Vasquez & David Black

Introduction to Adaptive Field Hockey with USA Field Hockey

Introduction to Move United’s Educational Resources with Jess Pullar

Introduction to Sitting Volleyball with Kari Miller-Ortiz & Jess Pullar

Introduction to Sled Hockey with TEAM USA Women’s Sled Hockey Team with Marley Robinson & Avery Melam

Introduction to Volt Hockey: The Competitive Power Wheelchair Team Sport Taking Root in the USA

Keynote Address Featuring Chris Young

Keynote Address with Rebecca Mann

Leveling the Court: Inclusive and Sanctioned Play for Adaptive Standing Pickleball Players with Amy Smith & Brian Smith

Looking Back, Moving Forward with Shuan Butcher

Minor Adaptations, Major Inclusion – Blind Sports & Adaptive PE for the Visually Impaired Athlete

Move United Grants Process with Najeeb Siddiqui

Move United Incident Reporting and Claims Process with Ryan Semke

Move, Modify, Energize: A Multi Positional Adaptive Yoga Practice with Jane Barber & Elizabeth Dahlen

Opening Remarks & Keynote Address Featuring Amanda McGrory

Outdoor Leadership for All: Mobilizing Scouting America’s 116-Year-Old Network for Adaptive Recreation and Youth Development with Alyssa Hightower & Chris Werhane

Own Transportation – Program Site Visit to McGraw Center & Nickerson State Park – Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers

Paddling Toward Inclusion: Lessons from Working with Teens with Vision Loss and Veterans with PTSD with Wayne Douchkoff

Panel: The Future of Adaptive Sports in the United States with Erik Robeznieks, Calli Doggett, Evan Enquist, Jean Merrill, Julie Cochran & Jessie Cloy

Paralympic Classification 101 with Tyler Carter

Pathways to Performance: Exploring Paralympic Sport Pathways, Athlete Identification and Recruitment, and Talent Transfer Opportunities with Calli Doggett

Play it Forward: Expanding Access to Adaptive Sports Through International Exchanges with Rita Penniman & Keenan Weischedel

Positioned for Possibility: Transfers, Motor Control, and Seating for Recreation After SCI with Anna Drainville & Carrie Callahan

Providing a Continuum of Developing a Para Track and Field Program for the Developmental to Elite Athlete with Cindy Housner & Amie Day

Raise the Bar in Your Media Game with Clayton Frech

Research Poster: ‘Ineligible Disabilities’ in Adaptive Sports with Jay Coleman

Research Poster: Adaptive Sports Programs in the United States with Alison Kreger

Research Poster: Addressing the Engagement Gap with Benjamin Graham & Stephen Graham

Research Poster: Building the Pipeline: A Policy Landscape Analysis of Youth-to-Workforce Pathways in Adaptive Sports with Althea Ulnin

Research Poster: Collegiate Adapted Athlete Functional Classification and Athlete Psychological Strain with Alexandra Curry

Research Poster: Educating & Facilitating Engagement in Adaptive Sports for Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy with Mara Yale, Brian Wishart, Katherine Dimitropoulou

Research Poster: Examining Motivation in Multi-sport Para Sport Contexts with Kelsey Webb & Jason Scott

Research Poster: Experiences of Athletes of Color Within the U.S. Paralympic Pipeline with Michael Cottingham & Joy Cabador

Research Poster: Physical Activity in Adaptive Sports Programs for Neuropathological Populations: A Qualitative Study with Kathryn Lent & Jess Coughlin

Research Poster: Removing Barriers, Building Strength: Designing a Fully Accessible Collegiate Weight Room with Lauren McIntire-Ray

Research Poster: Utilizing Team Administrators to Assist with the Classification Process: Looking at Their Experiences with Melissa Alexander & Karalyn Ly

Results and Insights from the Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports Economic Impact Study with Drew Pollak-Bruce, Abigail Johnson & Jeff Alexander (handout)

RISE: Rehabilitation through Inclusive Sport and Exercise with Marissa Dastice & Jessica Fairbairn

Rowing for All: Building Adaptive Pathways from Indoor to On-Water with Ellen Minzer & Deb Arenberg

Scaling K–12 Adaptive Sports Programming and Developing Successful Partnerships with Erik Robeznieks & Brian Elliot

Scottish Highland Games/Heavy Athletics with Brenda Sim

Soundscape Community and VibroGuide for Visually Impaired Navigation with Russ Myer & Jim Riley (operations)

Sport Isn’t Enough: Why We’re Failing Adaptive Athletes Without Daily Fitness with Jenna Muri-Rosenthal & Alec Zirkenbach

Stepping Strong: Pediatric Prosthetic Training through Playful Practice with Jillian Okimoto & Natalie Jennings

Stories We Tell; Shaping Organization Decision Making with Sarah Keith & Katie Ahern

Target-based Sports for Individuals with Quad-limb Impairments with Allison Gripple & Alyssa Colbert

Teaching Disability Sports in Physical Education: Practical Strategies to Highlight Disability Sports and Empower Disabled Youth with Scott Mcnamara, Trevan Sanborn & Luke Hjort

TetraSki 2034 – An Inclusive Journey with Tanja Kari & Jeffrey Rosenbluth

The 3Rs of Volunteers: Recruit, Retain and Recognize with Marge Smith

The Intersection of Risk Management Systems and Kayaking Programming with Crystal Skahan & Eileen Turpin (works cited) (handout) (guide)

The USOPC/NCAA Para College Inclusion Project: Overview and Discussion with Collegiate Stakeholders with Jean Merrill and Emily Brauer

Together, We Can End Abuse in Sports with Madison Smith

TORPEDO- Tactical Ocean Reintegration Project- Exploring Diagnostic Options with Breezy Grenier

Trailer Tetris: Build & Pack Adaptive Equipment Like a Pro with New England Disabled Sports, Bike-On, and Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers

Program Site Visit to McGraw Center & Nickerson State Park – Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers with Spaulding Adaptive Sports Center

Tune-Up Tips: Maintaining Adaptive Cycles New England Disabled Sports, Bike-On, and Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers

Understanding the Move United Disciplinary Database: What It Is & How It Supports Sport Protection with Kayleigh McCauley-Sayer & Ryan Semke

Utilizing Technology in Adaptive Track and Field with Calvin Sullins

Visually Impaired Guiding in Training and Performance Support with Wesley Williams

Working Together, Playing Better: Teambuilding Activities and Initiatives Designed to Move Groups Toward a Common Goal with Carla Hacker