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Returning Fall 2023!

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For teen & adult girls ages 12-17 & 18 up
Just For Girls Is located at:
  • 58 Grosvenor Ottawa ON
Cost:
  • $300+HST ($339) 
  • Sept to June
  • 2nd Fri of each month
  • Drop ins: $30+hst
Program runs from:
  • September to June
  • The 2nd Friday of each month

​New students can apply using the link below:
  • New Student Form
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.
We are running exclusively at Sunnyside Church in Old Ottawa South. Below is our schedule when we ran our socials in the city.  We hope to return to these once Covid 19 has run its course.
  • Sept 13 The Loft
  • Oct 11 Haunted Walk & Darcy McGees
  • Nov 8 Gym & Barley Mow
  • Dec 13 Xmas Shopping & Swiss Chalet
  • Jan 10 Self Defence class & Chocolate Fondue
  • Feb 14 Valentine Crafts & potluck
  • Mar 13 Makeover & ordering out
  • Date Change -> Apr 11 Feline Cafe & Wellington Eatery
  • May 8 manicures & Dennys
  • Jun 12 Annual House Party!

To learn more about our group, please contact our Director, John Anderson:
John@spectruminsights.ca


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​

Introducing Julie
Our JFG Leader

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"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." 
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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. 

What Our Clients Are Saying

I have accompanied clients for 2 summers to John's camp. I have been to the Social & Life Skills Camp and the 18 and older "Moving Forward Camp." My clients and myself look forward each summer to attending his camp. 
John has excellent behaviour management skills, teaches the clients social and life skills (planning your bus route, bus etiquette, looking at a menu and ordering, tipping, planning and organizing outings, getting to know people, body language, budgeting money, etc.) that are important to daily living as well as incorporating the clients' interests that are age appropriate. He develops a great relationship with the clients and jokes around with them to develop a rapport. Sometimes our daily schedule changes, which helps clients deal with changes that can occur in every day life. The clients develop friendships with each other and help each other out thanks to John's teaching. John allows the clients to make mistakes and encourages them to work as a team to solve the problem. John captures our daily outings on camera and/or film so parents can view their children interacting and having fun at camp. 

It is a great camp for fostering independence while incorporating your child's interest which in turn creates motivation! I have been to many summer camps and this camp is one of the top camps that my clients and myself look forward to attending each summer! 

Melisa Gibson - Itinerant Educational Assistant

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