WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.860 [Soft music playing in the background] 00:00:13.860 --> 00:00:16.478 [Angelina Borges] Hi, my name is Angelina Borges. 00:00:16.478 --> 00:00:18.240 [Courtney Holston] My name is Courtney Holston. 00:00:18.250 --> 00:00:21.790 [Shellye Ferguson] My name is Shellye Ferguson. 00:00:21.790 --> 00:00:23.220 [Sarah Krupa] My name is Sarah Krupa. 00:00:23.220 --> 00:00:24.920 [Xavier Bianchi] My name is Xavier Bianchi. 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:27.680 [Marc Anthony Amiscua] Hi, [soft laugh] my name is Marc Anthony Amiscua. 00:00:27.680 --> 00:00:29.180 [Pascual Sanchez] My name is Pascual Sanchez. 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:34.470 [Angelina Borges] DSPS has helped me 00:00:34.470 --> 00:00:37.460 grow as a student and 00:00:37.460 --> 00:00:40.380 has helped me accomplish things 00:00:40.380 --> 00:00:43.890 that I have never been able to accomplish in school. 00:00:43.890 --> 00:00:46.180 I have always struggled in school 00:00:46.180 --> 00:00:48.850 and DSPS has helped me 00:00:48.850 --> 00:00:53.080 with testing and tutoring 00:00:53.080 --> 00:00:57.870 and has given me the tools I need to succeed. 00:00:57.870 --> 00:01:02.590 [Shellye Ferguson] They provided my accommodations for my classes, 00:01:02.590 --> 00:01:05.115 counseling services, tutoring services; 00:01:05.115 --> 00:01:07.550 those are the primary ways. 00:01:07.550 --> 00:01:10.310 [Xavier Bianchi] I’ve been trained also on Kurzweil 00:01:10.310 --> 00:01:12.390 which I enjoy and use frequently. 00:01:12.390 --> 00:01:15.190 The staff, the technical support has been amazing. 00:01:15.190 --> 00:01:17.930 We have to include here our study area here 00:01:17.930 --> 00:01:21.660 that we have here specifically DSPS with, computers 00:01:21.660 --> 00:01:23.460 that needs, with, private tutoring. 00:01:23.460 --> 00:01:25.530 The list goes on and on 00:01:25.530 --> 00:01:26.950 but is exceptional 00:01:26.950 --> 00:01:29.430 and it is what helps me to be successful now. 00:01:29.430 --> 00:01:30.710 At Napa Valley College 00:01:30.710 --> 00:01:32.630 I was able to have a 4.0 last semester 00:01:32.630 --> 00:01:35.080 as an example, so wonderful. 00:01:35.080 --> 00:01:38.210 [Marc Anthony Amiscua] DSPS has definitely helped me 00:01:38.210 --> 00:01:41.090 in probably more ways than one, 00:01:41.090 --> 00:01:44.390 especially personally wise, knowing that, 00:01:44.390 --> 00:01:49.020 I thought I that was just slow 00:01:49.020 --> 00:01:54.290 and I didn’t know, that I actually even had a disability, 00:01:54.290 --> 00:01:56.640 of some sort. 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:00.210 And in regards to that 00:02:00.210 --> 00:02:01.900 it definitely has helped me 00:02:01.900 --> 00:02:03.530 to be a lot more confident 00:02:03.530 --> 00:02:05.110 in knowing that it’s ok, 00:02:05.110 --> 00:02:07.030 at the pace that I am going, 00:02:07.030 --> 00:02:09.670 and who I am personally wise 00:02:09.670 --> 00:02:16.210 and that, that the disability doesn’t have to define me. 00:02:16.210 --> 00:02:18.880 [Pascual Sanchez] DSPS, has helped me with, 00:02:18.880 --> 00:02:22.180 tutoring in math. 00:02:22.180 --> 00:02:24.400 I haven’t really taken any, 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:25.720 English courses yet 00:02:25.720 --> 00:02:28.340 because I have been avoiding it but (laughing) 00:02:28.340 --> 00:02:30.480 I should be taking some more English classes. 00:02:30.480 --> 00:02:31.340 I did start off 00:02:31.340 --> 00:02:32.580 with a couple English classes 00:02:32.580 --> 00:02:33.650 when I first started. 00:02:37.060 --> 00:02:40.110 [Angelina Borges] The Testing and Tutoring center has helped me 00:02:40.110 --> 00:02:43.960 with tests by giving me extra time 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:48.040 and a space where it is quiet 00:02:48.040 --> 00:02:50.320 and I feel that has help me 00:02:50.320 --> 00:02:54.520 the most because I have a hard time focusing on tests. 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:57.770 So that helped me with my grades 00:02:57.770 --> 00:03:01.130 and just succeeding where I struggle. 00:03:01.130 --> 00:03:05.950 [Shellye Ferguson] Captions for videos pertaining to my classes. 00:03:05.950 --> 00:03:14.180 Interpreters for my classes obviously because I’m deaf. 00:03:14.180 --> 00:03:15.760 [Sarah Krupa]- Specifically one-on-one tutoring 00:03:15.760 --> 00:03:19.560 with the tutors that have experience with people 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:21.790 and their specific disabilities; 00:03:21.790 --> 00:03:24.330 has been very important 00:03:24.330 --> 00:03:27.170 and also learning a little bit more 00:03:27.170 --> 00:03:29.270 about how I learn, 00:03:29.270 --> 00:03:31.200 specifically how I learn. 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:34.250 I learn really well with tactile, 00:03:34.250 --> 00:03:36.750 writing things down, 00:03:36.750 --> 00:03:39.250 visually using colors, 00:03:39.250 --> 00:03:41.400 just lots of tricks that have 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:45.090 made my experience a lot, a lot easier. 00:03:45.090 --> 00:03:48.100 [Xavier Bianchi] Being able to have time and-a-half on a test, 00:03:48.100 --> 00:03:50.240 being able to leave the classroom, 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.500 go to the Testing and Tutoring Center 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:58.090 where I am in a private enclosed space with no distractions, 00:03:58.090 --> 00:04:02.130 no noise, is immensely important 00:04:02.130 --> 00:04:06.130 because it has been able to help me cope with lack of concentration. 00:04:06.130 --> 00:04:08.380 Certain ADHD issues, 00:04:08.380 --> 00:04:11.560 as far as being easily distracted 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:15.330 also, you know just the, I was, 00:04:15.330 --> 00:04:17.180 I have suffered from traumatic brain injury 00:04:17.180 --> 00:04:19.590 so I have a hard time with short term memory loss, 00:04:19.590 --> 00:04:21.330 it is something I battle every day 00:04:21.330 --> 00:04:24.320 and the tutoring and redundancy of that, 00:04:24.320 --> 00:04:28.160 has helped me overcome those short term memory loss and issues. 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:29.920 Marc Anthony Amiscua] A Smart Pen 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:31.120 and what that does 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:35.440 in terms of a Smart Pen is being able to, 00:04:35.440 --> 00:04:42.050 write, while the pen is actually recording the lecture. 00:04:42.050 --> 00:04:45.800 I am able to record the notes on paper. 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:47.830 So what that means is that later on 00:04:47.830 --> 00:04:49.340 when I am able to study, 00:04:49.340 --> 00:04:51.460 and do the assignments 00:04:51.460 --> 00:04:57.440 I’m able to, listen to, 00:04:57.440 --> 00:05:00.320 what the professor had talked about during class 00:05:00.320 --> 00:05:03.510 and during the lecture, 00:05:03.510 --> 00:05:06.800 as it connects to the notes I have put down. 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:11.410 Especially if the notes are being 00:05:11.410 --> 00:05:12.610 or the pace of the class 00:05:12.610 --> 00:05:13.560 if a little bit fast 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:14.990 especially in the terms of lectures. 00:05:14.990 --> 00:05:16.490 I’m able to fill in the blanks 00:05:16.490 --> 00:05:17.890 that I, kind of missing 00:05:17.890 --> 00:05:20.080 in the notes that I’ve taken during class. 00:05:20.080 --> 00:05:22.220 [Pascual Sanchez] I’ve also had recordings 00:05:22.230 --> 00:05:24.590 where I can record inside a class, 00:05:24.590 --> 00:05:28.730 record lectures, there’s accommodations for that. 00:05:28.730 --> 00:05:30.470 There’s also been, 00:05:30.470 --> 00:05:31.370 programs on, 00:05:31.370 --> 00:05:34.320 where I can apply for a program online 00:05:34.320 --> 00:05:36.170 where it reads the book to me 00:05:36.170 --> 00:05:40.220 while I’m reaching the book as well, 00:05:40.220 --> 00:05:43.750 it’s called Learning Services I think it’s called, 00:05:43.750 --> 00:05:45.240 or Learning Ally, 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:46.170 there you go. 00:05:46.170 --> 00:05:48.990 Learning Ally it reads the book to you 00:05:48.990 --> 00:05:51.140 while you’re reading off the book 00:05:51.140 --> 00:05:53.820 and there’s also a few other programs. 00:05:53.820 --> 00:05:56.840 Kurzweil as well that I’ve been using 00:05:56.840 --> 00:05:58.380 that helps out a lot. 00:06:01.030 --> 00:06:03.750 [Courtney Holston] Counseling services helped me, 00:06:03.750 --> 00:06:08.080 figure out, what I need to take 00:06:08.080 --> 00:06:12.900 and to get to that main goal. 00:06:12.900 --> 00:06:17.520 [Sarah Krupa] They have enhanced my progress, 00:06:17.520 --> 00:06:18.610 in a number of ways. 00:06:18.610 --> 00:06:20.890 I would say that, 00:06:20.890 --> 00:06:23.030 without their services 00:06:23.030 --> 00:06:25.760 I wouldn’t be where I am at right now. 00:06:25.760 --> 00:06:28.960 It’s been a very encouraging 00:06:28.960 --> 00:06:31.270 to have an entire team 00:06:31.270 --> 00:06:32.320 behind me, 00:06:32.320 --> 00:06:33.750 from tutoring, 00:06:33.750 --> 00:06:36.370 to counseling supporting me through. 00:06:36.370 --> 00:06:38.390 [Marc Anthony Amiscua] DSPS staff, 00:06:38.390 --> 00:06:40.740 have helped me personally wise, 00:06:40.740 --> 00:06:44.540 with a lot more self-confidence and, 00:06:44.540 --> 00:06:50.250 in regards to any sort of tutorials or help, 00:06:50.250 --> 00:06:53.250 in figuring out what to do in the future; 00:06:53.250 --> 00:06:57.790 how to go kind of with the pace that works out best, 00:06:57.790 --> 00:07:01.500 academically wise here at Napa Valley College 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:05.033 gearing towards my future. 00:07:05.033 --> 00:07:06.613 especially going towards teaching, 00:07:06.613 --> 00:07:08.963 I want to become a teacher, 00:07:08.963 --> 00:07:13.813 and, being able to get that one step closer, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:13.813 --> 00:07:15.893 for academic goals 00:07:15.893 --> 00:07:17.563 in regards to transferring 00:07:17.563 --> 00:07:19.928 but also getting my associates too as well. 00:07:19.928 --> 00:07:22.468 [Pascal Sanchez] It’s helped me focus on where I need, 00:07:22.468 --> 00:07:23.958 keep record of what classes 00:07:23.958 --> 00:07:25.168 to keep taking next; 00:07:25.168 --> 00:07:27.888 instead of me just choosing all these classes. 00:07:27.888 --> 00:07:29.368 Not knowing where to go 00:07:29.368 --> 00:07:31.028 but my counselor sets my, 00:07:31.028 --> 00:07:34.088 my goal towards my goal 00:07:34.088 --> 00:07:36.058 which is architecture and engineering; 00:07:36.058 --> 00:07:38.321 which is where I want to head to. 00:07:46.436 --> 00:07:48.966 [Angelina Borges] To transfer, mainly focus 00:07:48.966 --> 00:07:50.796 and looking into Mills College. 00:07:50.796 --> 00:07:52.476 So at the moment 00:07:52.476 --> 00:07:54.436 that is my goal right now. 00:07:54.436 --> 00:07:57.596 [Courtney Holston] I’m working towards my AAT degree, 00:07:57.596 --> 00:07:59.726 in studio arts and 00:07:59.726 --> 00:08:01.576 then I’m looking to transfer 00:08:01.576 --> 00:08:04.806 to possibly Sac, Sacramento State 00:08:04.806 --> 00:08:09.310 for a, liberal arts degree. 00:08:09.310 --> 00:08:12.581 [Shellye Ferguson] I’m want to transfer, 00:08:12.581 --> 00:08:16.311 I’m getting a transfer degree actually in psychology 00:08:16.311 --> 00:08:24.381 and obviously I want this to lead to a better job in my future. 00:08:24.381 --> 00:08:28.371 [Sarah Krupa] An associate’s degree in Administration of Justice 00:08:28.371 --> 00:08:30.061 which is Criminal Justice. 00:08:30.061 --> 00:08:32.721 I plan to graduate this spring 00:08:32.721 --> 00:08:39.061 and, I’m currently interning with Napa County, 00:08:39.061 --> 00:08:41.891 Napa County Probation specifically. 00:08:41.891 --> 00:08:45.151 I’d like to be a counselor at the juvenile hall 00:08:45.151 --> 00:08:48.051 and I’m hoping that the internship 00:08:48.051 --> 00:08:49.881 leads me that way, 00:08:49.881 --> 00:08:53.586 where I can also work towards my BA. 00:08:53.586 --> 00:08:56.536 [Xavier Bianchi] I plan to transfer to a four year university 00:08:56.536 --> 00:08:58.646 and hopefully move on from that university 00:08:58.646 --> 00:09:01.276 to pursue a master’s degree as well. 00:09:01.276 --> 00:09:03.237 [Marc Anthony Amiscua] Get my associates degree 00:09:03.237 --> 00:09:05.357 and most likely my associates degree 00:09:05.357 --> 00:09:08.168 in mathematics and natural sciences, 00:09:08.168 --> 00:09:11.108 gearing towards transferring to a four year college 00:09:11.108 --> 00:09:13.008 or a program, 00:09:13.018 --> 00:09:16.268 toward liberal arts studies. 00:09:16.268 --> 00:09:17.778 [Pascal Sanchez] Just to transfer to Fullerton 00:09:17.778 --> 00:09:19.409 within, just as soon 00:09:19.409 --> 00:09:22.299 as I get my prerequisites which I feel 00:09:22.299 --> 00:09:25.879 is going to take me a long time but one step at a time.