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As many teachers and students deal with the challenges of distance learning during the coronavirus pandemic, Animal Assisted Intervention (AAI) dogs and their handlers face even more hurdles as they try to assist special needs students. At the Calais School [...]
The Calais School is one of the only private special education schools to offer an in-house Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) program. So, why would animal assisted therapy be necessary in a school? Well, research studies have shown that individuals display [...]
Research studies have shown that individuals display noticeable improvement in mood with the involvement of animals such as dogs or horses during therapy. The Calais School’s Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) Program is comprised of three facility dogs (Cali, Sage and [...]
Generally speaking, animal assisted therapy is a therapeutic intervention that incorporates the use of highly trained animals to enhance and compliment a therapeutic treatment plan. Animal assisted therapy can help people develop a better sense of self esteem and trust, [...]
Students participating in the animal assisted therapy reading program have been taking part in an extension project called “Pick of the Litter.” Each week students meet with Ms. Ferment and Cleo our resident speech, reading, and language therapy dog in [...]
Thank you Michele C. Hollow, Calais Foundation Board Trustee, for this article profiling The Calais School's very own super smelling pup, Cali! “Cali was trained to detect rising levels of cortisol, which is the stress hormone our adrenal glands secrete [...]
