The Campus to Community program is offered at UMass Amherst through the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department as a 2-credit course.

• One credit is given for the amount of time (3 hours) students spend attending the live, one hour class each week as well as completing assignments and readings.

• One credit is given for the 3 hours students spend traveling to their respite site and providing respite each week.

The course is set up as a letter graded academic course. Check your university’s guidelines on credit hours for academic vs. experiential learning.

This is the highest effort option and requires that a faculty member dedicate an entire course to the topic of respite care. This is also the most supportive and impactful option, as it gives students the most concentrated information on respite care and offers families the greatest number of in-home respite hours.