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A Student’s Journey: How The Calais School Helped Heather McGuire get back on Track After a Devastating Loss

By |2023-12-07T14:46:02-05:00December 7th, 2023|Alumni, Animal Assisted Interventions, Calais Happenings, Fundraising, Inspiration, Uncategorized|

Prior to attending The Calais School, Heather McGuire experienced the devastating and untimely passing of her father and her Chocolate Lab Claire a week later. It was an exceedingly difficult period in her life — she needed support.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPc1ouVipyY&t=2shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPc1ouVipyY&t=2s [...]

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Calais Gives a Whole New Meaning to “The Dog Days of Summer”

By |2023-08-29T12:02:05-04:00August 29th, 2023|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, ESY, Inspiration, Occupational Therapy, Reading, Social Skills Building|

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 [...]

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Calais School Celebrates a Decade of Animal Assisted Interventions and the Benefits It Brings to Students

By |2023-07-06T16:29:27-04:00July 5th, 2023|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Counseling, Inspiration, Social Skills Building|

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 [...]

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MORE THAN A BEST FRIEND: Understanding the Invaluable Role of Calais Therapy Dogs

By |2023-06-02T11:24:19-04:00June 1st, 2023|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy|

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 [...]

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The Calais School Wins Prestigious 2022 Innovations in Special Education Award!

By |2022-05-25T10:53:01-04:00May 24th, 2022|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Awards, Counseling, Inspiration|

The Calais School in Whippany is one of only five public and private schools in New Jersey to be recognized by the New Jersey School Boards Association for its creative efforts, enabling special needs students to achieve their fullest potential [...]

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Calais Celebrates School Choice Week and Calais Pride

By |2022-02-02T14:56:51-05:00February 2nd, 2022|12 Plus Program, Academics, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Counseling, High School, Inspiration, Lower School|

Calais School students are enjoying School Choice Week, with many activities celebrating the reasons students love Calais. And there are so many reasons! When asked what they enjoy about Calais, students say their friends, the caring staff, clubs, the support [...]

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