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For over 10 years, Calais has tapped into the power of man’s best friend to deliver therapeutic services to students with disabilities. Today, we are home to one of the nation’s first school-based therapy dog programs, integrated through a proprietary [...]
How incredible that something so small can have such a big impact? On the surface, a bead is a simple decorative object, but at The Calais School, we know a bead can mean so much more! Through BEADS OF COURAGE®, [...]
Here at The Calais School, “The Dog Days of Summer” may not mean what you think. When many of us are enjoying the lazy, hazy dog days of summer, our Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) dogs are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and [...]
How AAI Began It started with only a few volunteer therapy dog handlers from St. Hubert’s Animal Shelter and their dogs who visited The Calais School to work with students a few days a week. Though these visits brought much [...]
The human-animal bond is quite powerful and can be harnessed in many ways. For instance, at The Calais School, home to our groundbreaking Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) Program, we integrate therapy dogs to help our students gain confidence, build skills [...]
There’s an exciting new class at Calais this year taught by Ms. Binal Shah for 12th Graders! It’s called Service Learning. In this innovative class, learning goes beyond the school walls and into the community with special projects and presentations [...]
