Yes and No. Yes, students are responsible for engaging with all of the content offered during intensives, but No, students do not have to travel to Vermont every year.
Our yearly orientation intensive in February takes place live online, while the summer intensives are offered in person each year. We highly encourage students to attend summer intensives in person, but we understand that travel is an obstacle for a variety of financial, health, family and other reasons.
Therefore, in-person attendance is not required at summer intensives in the first or third year of the program, however students are required to attend the year 2 summer intensive in-person, which focuses on clinical skills. (If the in-person requirement presents a non-negotiable obstacle to program participation, contact us to discuss your circumstances. Exceptions may be available to accommodate disability, for example, but must be arranged during the application process.)
Students who don’t attend year 1 or 3 summer intensives in-person receive the material being covered via recordings of prior live classes and are supported to move through the material at their own pace over the course of the intensive week. Despite being at home, students will still need to make time to engage with the material in order to be ready to proceed with the curriculum when online classes resume the following week.
