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Animal Assisted Interventions

Calais Welcomes New AAI Dog Bindi

By |2021-03-26T16:17:14-04:00March 22nd, 2021|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Inspiration|

The Calais School’s one-of-a-kind Animal Assisted Interventions Program is excited to welcome the newest and tiniest member of our team: Bindi, a seven-pound Papillon-mix. Bindi is currently getting acclimated to her position on the Calais AAI Team. Once she is [...]

The Story of Calais

By |2021-03-12T11:15:08-05:00March 12th, 2021|Academics, Animal Assisted Interventions, Calais Happenings, Counseling, Transition & Career Services|

The Calais School has grown very much through the past 50 years -- not only in size but also in unique program offerings to provide the best academic, social, and emotional support possible to students with special needs.  Get an [...]

Calais School Offers Virtual Open House March 11

By |2021-02-04T11:47:00-05:00February 4th, 2021|12 Plus Program, Academics, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Career & Technical Education, Community Based Instruction, Counseling, Extra-curricular activities, High School, Lower School, Social Skills Building, Transition & Career Services|

Parents, case managers, school psychologists and other referring professionals are invited to The Calais School's Virtual Open House on Thursday, March 11 from 1-2 p.m. During this event, you will get a chance to meet members of our Administration as [...]

A Student’s Perspective: Building Social Skills Through Virtual Lunch Clubs at Calais

By |2021-01-19T10:09:26-05:00January 19th, 2021|12 Plus Program, Animal Assisted Interventions, Calais Happenings, Counseling, High School, Social Skills Building|

Virtual learning has made it challenging for students to socialize as they normally would between classes and throughout the school day. The Calais School has come up with an innovative way to give students an opportunity to practice social skills [...]

Calais Foundation Sponsors “Transitioning to Adult Life” Webinar Series

By |2021-01-13T14:26:53-05:00January 13th, 2021|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Community Based Instruction, Counseling, High School, Lower School, The Calais Institute|

The Calais Foundation has announced that it will sponsor the “Transitioning to Adult Life” Webinar Series, a collection of helpful webinars to assist parents and caregivers of special needs students. The webinar series is part of partnership between The Calais [...]

Support the Calais Animal Assisted Interventions Program!

By |2020-12-14T12:52:39-05:00December 10th, 2020|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Calais Holidays|

During a reading session for a special needs child, the child may struggle to read aloud, but then one of the dogs from the Calais School’s Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) Program comes to sit with the child. The child smiles [...]

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