FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Where is H'Art of Ottawa located?
What days is the studio open?
What are the program hours?
What are the fees?
Can the fees be subsidized?
Can you describe what a day in the program
is like?
What are the benefits of this program?
Do participants have community
contact outside the studio?
Who
is eligible to become a participant?
How do participants travel to the studio?
Where
is H'Art of Ottawa located?
H'Art
of Ottawa is
located at
211 Bronson Avenue (east side), 2
blocks north of Somerset
Street. The
studio is located in the Bronson Centre on the 3rd floor, Room 304.
For
a detailed map click
here (MapQuest)
What
days is the studio open?
H'Art of Ottawa is open 5 days a week.
Monday to Friday: Studio Program
Mondays: Participant Intake Interviews
Volunteer and Committee Member Interviews
What
are the program hours?
Incoming participants
enrol for a whole day program.
The day program runs from 9:30 to 3:00.
Participants are asked to arrive by 9:15 as
our program starts at 9:30.
What
are the fees?
$40.00 per day
Can
the fees be subsidized?
Yes.
Payment for the program is paid by participant/parent or guardian. These payments can be reimbursed through SSAH. You will need to make contact with SSAH, who will guide you through the arrangements.
Can
you describe what a day in the program is like?
While
there are variations to each day, in general the program is divided as follows:
9:30 - 10:00 Group Discussion
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee
Break
10:15 - 12:00 Journaling, Drawing
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 Painting
What
are the benefits of this program?
H'art of Ottawa offers teen and adult day programming with a
curriculum and a weekly lesson plan. Through
journaling, drawing and painting, participants develop communication,
motor, life and social skills and acquire further creative skills.
H'Art
of Ottawa endeavours to provide participants with a safe entrepreneurial
environment where our participants are:
• Given the opportunity to reinforce and further their
skills
(literacy, art).
• Given the opportunity to foster life long learning.
• Introduced to social networks within the studio and greater Ottawa
community through facilitated activities.
Do
participants have community contact outside the studio?
Yes. Outside the social networking within the studio the
participants become involved with the Ottawa community. Through
facilitated activities and active participation and exposure
in galleries and public forums, studio artists have the opportunity
to represent and present their abilities.
Who
is eligible to become a participant?
Participation is open to developmentally disabled adults in
the Ottawa area. Many of our participants are referred by local
agencies, as well as families, friends and self-referrals.
H'Art of Ottawa looks for individuals who are able to
participate, and do so in an enthusiastic and behaviorally appropriate manner. Participants must be independent when eating snacks and lunches, using the bathroom facilities and taking medications. Arriving and leaving the studio independently is also a requisite.
To enrol in the program, an individual participates in an intake interview with our art director. If all parties are in agreement
an intake form is filled out. Attendance at
a trial session follows.
If all parties are in agreement that
the participant will benefit from the program, the participant attends a trial session. At the present time, program enrollment is full and the individual will be added to our waiting list.
How
do participants travel to the studio?
OC Transpo
613-741-4390
www.octranspo.com
ParaTranspo
613-244-1289
www.octranspo.com/acc_menue.htm
Driven by family/guardian member/friend
