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Home > Student Services > Accessible Education Center (AEC) > AEC Counseling

AEC Counseling

Call the AEC office on the Gilroy campus Rosalinda Barbosa (408-840-3071) or Lucy Fuentes (408-713-0889) to schedule an appointment. For other questions, please email us at aec@gavilan.edu.

  • Counselors are available through the Accessible Education Center to assist students in planning and obtaining their educational goals. Our counselors specialize in providing support to students with their academic course work and facilitating and developing tools to manage their personal, academic, and vocational goals.

Counseling services include:

  • Registration Assistance
  • Accommodations for equal access
  • Advocacy with faculty for accommodating specific learning needs
  • Assistance with obtaining an academic degree
  • Four year transfer degree assistance
  • Career / Educational planning
  • Liaison with Local, State and Federal Agencies
  • Short-term Personal Counseling
  • Referral to Community Resources
  • Campus Tours
  • Placement assessment testing in local high schools
  • Transition planning presentations in local high schools

Call for appointments at 408-840-3071 or email aec@gavilan.edu.

Online Counseling

  • Online Counseling requires Gav ID and email
  • Submit questions online and get answers via email within 2 business days
  • Limited services available online

CRANIUM CAFE

Cranium Cafe Video Made for students with their needs in mind

Online Counseling - Webcam

Real-time, Webcam and Audio Interaction with a Counselor:

The platform we use for the video interaction is intuitive, user-friendly and requires no software download or installation. All you will need to do is "knock on the door" of one of our available counselors and meet them online!

What you need to participate:

  • Any desktop or laptop computer with a camera (preferred)
    • Use Chrome or Firebox as your web browser - you will have technical problems if you use other web browsers!
    • Have your web camera ready and activated. Test your computer a day in advance to make sure it is ready for the online counseling session by visiting the Cranium Café website
    • Have a headset with a microphone ready (your cell phone headphones will work great!)
  • Android or Windows tablet device (video capabilities currently not supported for Apple iOS devices)
    • Use Chrome
    • Have your camera ready and activated. Test your equipment a day in advance to make sure it is ready for the online counseling session by visiting the Cranium Café website
    • Have a headset with microphone ready (your cell phone headset will work great!)

How to prepare for the live interaction:

  • Make sure there is proper lighting in the room.
  • Make sure there is little to no background noise.
  • No interruptions – Do not answer phone calls, texts or surf the web during the session. It is important to give your full attention to the counselor. 
  • Be respectful when communicating with your counselor.
  • Virtual Drop-In sessions are designed to address quick concerns. Virtual appointments will be available Fall 2020. 

Get Started:

Online counselors will be available starting on August 24, 2020.

  1. You may meet with a counselor during the hours listed above by "knocking" on the virtual door of an available counselor (indicated by a green button on their Cafe Card, shown below).
  2. You will then be prompted to login using your Gavilan ID and password to authenticate as a student at Gavilan before beginning your session.
  3. Your session will begin with a text chat window and it will be replaced by a video window once the counselor "invites you in."

*Please note, all online counseling sessions will be recorded for record-keeping purposes.

Video chat on Cranium Cafe with Dewitt Stuckey

To schedule an AEC counseling appointment, please call Rosalinda Barbosa at 408-840-3071 or contact her through Cranium Cafe Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm.

Video chat on Cranium Cafe with Rosalinda Barbosa-Moreno

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Location: Online
Hours: 8am - 5pm
Phone: 408-713-0889
Phone: 408-840-3071
Fax: 408-846-4914
Email: aec@gavilan.edu



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