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Calais is Setting the Gold Standard for Therapy Dog Integration in Schools

By |2024-10-21T12:44:15-04:00October 1st, 2024|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Awards, Calais Happenings, Inspiration|

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 [...]

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Calais Alumna Profile: Heather McGuire

By |2024-05-20T11:13:04-04:00May 17th, 2024|Alumni, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Inspiration|

The Calais School is incredibly proud of all that Heather McGuire has achieved at Calais and beyond. From tragedy to triumph her story is a testament to the power of paying it forward. Heather attended The Calais School from 2016 [...]

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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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