Empowering Students
Disabled Student Programs and Services and the Academic Success Action Plan (TRiO project) are programs designed to ensure students with disabilities have equal access to all of the educational offerings at Los Angeles Harbor College. The programs facilitate equal opportunity through the provision of appropriate support services, curriculum, instruction, and adaptive technology.

Summer Office Hours
Come visit us to ask questions, make an appointment, and attend workshops!

DSPS Counselor Drop-In Hours Summer 2023
No appointment necessary.

Fall 2023 High Tech Center Classes

Summer and Fall 2023 New Student Orientations

Accommodations & Support Services
Accommodations
Special Programs
TRiO - Project ASAP
(Academic Success Action Plan)
Project A.S.A.P. is a federally funded TRiO Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. This Project offers an intensive service and instructional package to a select number of students with disabilities in support of the full attainment of graduation and transfer goals. Project A.S.A.P. activities are designed to support full student success (including financial literacy) with an emphasis on improving student retention rates and academic performance.
Life Skills Center
Provides mental health counseling and related services, enabling our students to meet the personal, emotional, and environmental challenges that can interfere with their academic success. The LSC teaches Life Skills that improve student management of college demands and equips students to more readily handle stressors. Life Skills as a set of competencies enable students to form constructive, life-enhancing connections through a compassionate understanding of themselves and others while at school and long after.
We Offer Brief, short-term crisis intervention; disability and psychological assessment, student success workshops, and psycho-educational groups and referrals in conjunction with faculty and other agencies on and off-campus. Programming is designed to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for students to be effective as people, family members, workers, and citizens.
Adaptive Kinesiology
The program serves the ever-changing needs of the community’s diverse special needs population. As for people with special needs, the program is designed to ensure progressive exercise therapy and a safe environment by promoting skills and activities for lifetime fitness, wellness, mobility, and quality of life.
High-Tech Center
The High-Tech-Center is a unique computer lab for students with disabilities specializing in adaptive computer technology and software. The primary purpose of the Accessible Computer Lab is to support Educational Access and Equity for students with disabilities.
This is accomplished by teaching computer adaptations and providing instruction in computer skills that can be transferred to other courses on campus. The Lab is open to all students who benefit from using the specialized software.
Additionally, the center provides a variety of college preparedness courses listed under Learning Foundations, in the college catalog, in reading comprehension, mathematics, keyboarding proficiency, word processing, and assistive technology. The Lab is located in the Learning Resource Center, on the first floor (1st), Room 115.
Our Staff

Sylvia Files,
Acting Dean of Student Services
filesss@lahc.edu

Maribel (Mary) Costa, Acting Assistant Director
costamp@lahc.edu

Akilah Runnels,
TRiO Director and Counselor
runnelr@lahc.edu

Patsy Gonzales,
Adjunct DSPS Counselor gonzalpm@lahc.edu

Akaysia Hill,
Special Services Assist hilla@lahc.edu

Lauren Miller,
High Tech Center (HTC) Faculty millerlc@lahc.edu

Timothy Davis,
Assistive Technology davisth@lahc.edu

Steve Swaim,
TRiO Program Technician swaimsj@lahc.edu
Make an Appointment with a SPS Counselor
Ms. Maribel (Mary) Costa: Acting Assistant Director, DSPS Counselor & Learning Disability Specialist
https://laccd.craniumcafe.com/maribelcosta2
Ms. Rosalind (Akilah) Runnels: TRiO Director/Counselor & DSPS Counselor
https://laccd.craniumcafe.com/rosalindrunnels3
Ms. Patsy Gonzales: Adjunct DSPS Counselor
https://laccd.craniumcafe.com/patsymoralesgonzalex
Please see below for Cranium Cafe Scheduler.
Contact Us
Summer Office Hours
Monday-Thursday: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Cranium Cafe Office Hours
Monday-Thursday: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Counseling Drop-In Hours
Rosalind (Akilah) Runnels: Wednesdays 10 AM - 12 PM *In-Person
Technology Building
1st Floor, Room 118
Contact
Email: Sps-lahc@lahc.edu
Phone: (310) 233-4629
Fax: (310) 233-4633
Facebook: @Special_ProgramsLAHC
Instagram: @SpecialPrograms
Twitter: @SPS_LAHC