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My Calais Story – Susan Greenbaum

By |2020-10-31T18:48:14-04:00October 15th, 2020|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Counseling, Fundraising, My Calais Story, Occupational Therapy, Social Skills Building|

In celebration of The Calais School's 50th Anniversary we are sharing personal stories from members of the Calais Community. Meet, Susan Greenbaum, dog handler for The Calais School's Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) Program. Susan facilitates Animal Assisted Therapy with her [...]

Calais School Offers Virtual Open House October 8

By |2020-09-24T15:32:12-04:00September 24th, 2020|12 Plus Program, Academics, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Community Based Instruction, Counseling, High School, Lower School|

Families, case workers, school psychologists and social workers, who are interested in learning more about The Calais School, a state approved, private therapeutic special education school in Whippany, are invited to the school’s second virtual open house on Thursday, October 8 [...]

Calais ESY Students Enjoy Virtual OTlympics

By |2020-07-27T16:00:53-04:00July 27th, 2020|Academics, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Therapy, Counseling, ESY, High School, Lower School, Occupational Therapy, Social Skills Building|

Calais School ESY Students are enjoying a fun virtual OTlympics this summer as part of the ESY Time Travel theme, said Calais Occupational Therapist Michelle Geise. Ms. Geise, who even sports Olympic glasses for the fun, said the OTympics are [...]

ESY Students Enjoy Speech Unit on Time Travel

By |2020-07-21T17:25:24-04:00July 20th, 2020|Academics, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, ESY, High School, Lower School, Speech|

Calais School ESY Upper School and Lower School students are taking trips through time in a summer speech unit on Time Travel.   The students started with the 1920s and last week traveled all the way to the 1940s, said [...]

Calais School Names John Cohrs as New Principal; Dr. Diane Manno to Become Supervisor of Related Services

By |2020-07-15T17:51:43-04:00July 15th, 2020|12 Plus Program, Academics, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Counseling, High School|

Calais School Executive Director David Leitner has announced that Calais School Assistant Principal John Cohrs will become the school’s new Principal effective July 1, 2020. Mr. Cohrs, who also serves as the school’s Supervisor of Curriculum as well as the [...]

Calais School AAI Dogs Celebrate Retirement with Virtual Celebration

By |2020-06-29T17:35:36-04:00June 29th, 2020|Academics, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Calais Happenings, Counseling, Occupational Therapy|

Calais School Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) dogs Sage, Cali and Oreo recently retired from their positions as AAI dogs at the school. To celebrate their retirement and to say “goodbye” to all their Calais School friends, Animal Handlers Susan Greenbaum, [...]

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