For teen girls ages 12-17

JFG Social Group

October 12
6-9pm
Grocery shopping then making a group Pizza together w/ Canada's Chef Keith!
Drop ins available - $25 +class cost

Details will be emailed to all participants.
For more information:

• info@spectruminsights.ca
  

To learn more about our group, please contact our Director, John Anderson:
John@spectruminsights.ca
To Register: Registration is now closed.  To inquire about drop in availability please email us at the address above.

Details for 2018/19
Cost: $250
Dates: September 2018 to June 2019
2nd Friday of each month
First social is on September 14
Location details emailed out to parents
Our schedule can be found on the calendar to the right of this page under the photos.
The socials run on the following dates.  Activities to be added soon.

• Sept 14 Nice One nails
• Oct 12 
• Nov 9 Gym...pre xmas work out!
• *Dec 14 Xmas shopping and dinner
• Jan 11 Craft Night and pot luck (at church)
• Feb 8 Photo Night w/ guest photographer- Making pizza $7.50/student (at church)
• March 8 Dance Class Pot Luck -  price TBA - (at church)
• April 12 - Self defense class 
• May 10 - Annual Tulip fest Picnic
• June 7 - House party (looking for a student to host this year)

If your daughter has never attended a Spectrum Insights event please note that we are required to meet each student before joining our program.
Some of our previous socials:

• Cooking class w/ Chef Keith
• Sword class w/ Nick Conway
• Xmas shopping and scavenger hunt at Bayshore
• Movie Night and Pot Luck
• Gym class and Dinner
• Dance Class w/ Propeller Dance instructor!
• Tulip Fest with Photographers Dmitri Moisseev & Diana Bivolan
• House party

To register or inquire, please contact our Program Director or fill out the form below:
Online Registration Form <-----

For more information:

• info@spectruminsights.ca
  

Introducing Julie
as co leader

"Julie recently graduated with honours from the Educational Support Program at Centennial College. She is a mother to three young adults. Her oldest son attended the Moving Forward summer camp in 2016. Julie has enjoyed working with children of all ages and has worked at a middle school with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board for the past three years. She volunteers in a GLP class helping students on the autism spectrum. She enjoys strength training, swimming and obstacle course races in her spare time. She also loves crafting including knitting and crochet. Julie has had the opportunity to work at one of the Just for Girls social events in the past and is excited to be joining the Spectrum Insights team this fall running the Just for Girls social group." 

Just For Girls Summer Camp 2017 Highlights

Our JFG program helps teen girls ages 12-17:

• make new and lasting friendships
• Teach them to manage money and stay organized
• Coach them on eye contact, speaking clearly & social etiquette
• Help them read to the menu, order food
• Teach them about Body Language and Non Verbal Communication
• Planning socials on their own,  learning to text and email.

JFG is run on the same model of our other camps & social groups w/ the exception that we program specifically for teen girls and it is led by strong Female Role Models. 

Each week we learn how to:

• Take the bus – Learn bus schedules, use the OC Transpo Website
• Time management – Planning our day trips, telling time, wearing a watch
• How to use money – where to keep your wallet, how to talk to a cashier, counting change, social skills in a line
• Social etiquette – on the bus, in theaters, shopping etc
• How to shop for yourself – Buying your own groceries, Buying personal effects like Deodorant, tooth brushes etc. 

1-6 Ratio
Our groups are small to better meet the needs of the individual student.  We focus on skills for the group and help each student attain their personal goals.
This year we are
Skills we cover
Learning to use public transit

• How to buy bus tickets/Budget how many tickets needed each week
• Where to purchase a presto pass & how to Load it and use it.
• Inform the student about other options ie Bus pass & Family pass
• Teach the student how to enter a bus
• How to pay using either tickets/pass/presto or transfer.
• How to use the OC travel Planner
• Planning the bus route for the day or week
• Emergency situations: Missed stops, If a student gets lost, Location of Yellow call boxes
• What to do if left alone on the bus or left alone at a stop
• Where to sit on the bus
• Who not to sit next to
• What to do w/ backpacks
• Losing tickets and transfers

Safety:

• Be aware of transients and strangers
• What to do and say when approached by a stranger
• What to do when Lost or separated from the group
• Walking down the street, making room for the elderly or wheelchairs
• Spatial awareness/social awareness

Money Management:

• How to use a purse
• Where to carry your money
• Budgeting for the week
• Daily Budget
• Keeping track of money as they move through the day
• Help the students handle money during transactions
• Help the student learn delayed gratification (personal shopping is done on Fridays)
• Losing money
• Losing a purse
• How to handle small change
• Teaching the student how to be efficient during a transaction
• How to stay calm when they feel rushed

Organization Skills:

• Daily planning: Where are we going - how do we get there - what do we need
• Using a watch and telling time: Each student should have a watch
• Print out daily schedule and weekly budget - Update it daily w/ the students
  
  

Social Skills

• Daily greetings
• Remembering names
• Knowing the interests of each student
• Conversation starters
• Social etiquette in the classroom - In the city - On the bus - During transactions
• Teach how to plan a socials - How do we stay connected to the new friends we met at camp.