DSPS Staff

Job Title/Duties/Telephone Extension/Office Location

Yasuko “Sue” Abe, DSPS Manager-ext. 4611 ) (location: SSC 109)

( Director/ Supervisor of  the program, budget, staff, all duties required by the State Chancellor’s Office)

Peggy Fleming, DSPS Counselor/Instructor – ext. 4313 (location: SSC 109)

(DSPS Counselor/Instructor, testing students for program eligibility, determines appropriate class/test accommodations and completes the required paper work, class advising teaching a class in learning strategies/note taking skills, general math)

 Ruth Gorman, DSPS Counselor – ext.  4251  (location: SSC 109)

(DSPS and General Counselor, DSPS scheduling/advising of classes, intakes, DSPS support group, determines appropriate class/test accommodations and completes the required paper work, campus liaison)

Alissa Scanlin, DSPS Instructor- ext. 4511 (location: SSC 109)

(DSPS Instructor for Remedial Math, Reading, Writing classes, testing students for program eligibility, determines appropriate class/test accommodations and completes the required paper work, class advising, campus liaison)

Eric Appel, Computer Aided Instruction Lab Coord. - ext. 4512 (location: CTC 109)

(DSPS High Tech Center, Training to access Windows, MS Office, Internet, e mail and curriculum utilizing standard input methods or utilizing adaptive software & hardware to support student learning and success, test accommodations, support with My Skills Tutor or Plato)

Kenny Purizaga, Alternate Media Specialist – ext. 4510 (location: SSC 109) (provides alternate media for all class related materials, e.g., Audio CD’s, enlarged print, procure tape recorded textbooks through Learning Ally, e-text), campus liaison) 

 Richard Stollings, DSPS Instructional Assistant – ext. 7220, 4220 (location: SSC 109) (Schedules appointments, mobility training and assistance, coordinates out- of-class testing, equipment loans, other related clerical tasks)