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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 [...]

Provident Bank Foundation Awards Grant to Animal Assisted Interventions Program at The Calais School

By |2020-11-23T15:35:34-05:00November 23rd, 2020|12 Plus Program, Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Animal Assisted Therapy, Counseling, High School, Inspiration, Lower School, Social Skills Building, Speech|

Students at the Calais School in Whippany will receive a better education and spend more time working with dogs in the Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) Program at the school thanks to a generous grant for the program from the Provident [...]

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 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 [...]

Animal Assisted Interventions Dogs Help Students Learn Social Skills

By |2020-07-09T16:44:08-04:00July 7th, 2020|Animal Assisted Activities, Animal Assisted Education, Animal Assisted Interventions, Social Skills Building|

The Calais Animal Assisted Interventions Dogs and their handlers work with Calais students during the school year and the summer helping students learn and develop important social skills. AAI Handler Susan Greenbaum works with her dogs and students regularly at [...]

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