Mozart
Building Confidence and Empowering Transitions
Mozart offers a supportive transition into adult services for people with higher behavioural needs. Change can be challenging, so Mozart provides a high level of support and a calm, predictable environment to help each person feel safe and confident. When participants are ready, they take the next step and transition into one of Garth Homer’s other programs, at their own pace and with the support they need along the way.
Environmental Predictability
Safe Space
Participants in the Mozart program have an individualized, calm, quiet space that is just theirs within the larger organization. This personal space offers comfort, consistency, and a sense of control, helping individuals feel safe and supported as they build self-regulation and interpersonal skills. The environment is designed around their unique needs and interests, where growth can happen at their own pace and in their own way.
The Routine
Day to Day
Mozart offers highly individualized flexibility in programming, with one on one support. They focus on learning, growth, and socialization at the pace of the individual, progressing into group settings as time goes on.
Daily activities focus on engagement with others in small groups and include:
- Music
- Cooking
- Volunteering
- Communication skill development
The Goals
Belonging
Environmental predictability, a high level of support, and socializing in small groups leads to comfort and belonging at Garth Homer.
Learning and Growth
One on one support allows learning and growth to happen at the pace of the individual.
Healthy Supportive Relationships
The individualized calm quiet setting provides that environmental predictability that promotes the building of relationships.
Transition
Participants in Mozart transition into a larger program at their own pace.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know if Mozart is the right fit?
Mozart supports a transition into the Garth Homer environment for people with higher behavioural needs.
Each individual’s journey at Garth Homer begins with a conversation around what it is that they would like their life to look like. This conversation is how we determine which program is the right fit for each person.
Instead of fitting individuals into preset boxes, we build experiences around each person. Our flexible approach means each individual’s day, activities, and community are all designed to reflect who they are and what they want out of life. This means not everyone in a specific program are doing the same thing at the same time.
What is the schedule for Mozart?
All Community Inclusion programs run Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, but each persons schedule is flexible. Each participant chooses the days that fit their life, while still enjoying all the resources, activities, and guidance we offer.
Where is Mozart located?
Community Inclusion programs are located at the former SJ Willis School Building, 923 Topaz Ave, Victoria, BC V8T 2M2, but we don’t stay put! Participants regularly head out to explore community locations, participate in activities, and experience new environments. It’s the best of both worlds: the comfort of a familiar space and the excitement of something new every week.
Access Our Services
It all starts with Community Living BC (CLBC), the provincial crown agency. They work with individuals, families, service providers and other key members on an individual’s care team to determine funding eligibility and provide options. The Garth Homer Society is partially funded by Community Living BC, and almost all of our clients are referred to us through their services.
Determining Fit
Each individual’s journey at Garth Homer begins with a conversation around what it is that they would like their life to look like. This conversation is how we determine which program is the right fit for each person.
Our programs bring together peers with shared interests and needs, fostering real connection and belonging. Every plan is personalized, flexible, and built around the individual, ensuring each person is never just placed into a preset program, they help create it.
Programs don’t define people, people define the programs.
What’s Happening in Mozart
Community Inclusion
Community Inclusion day programs foster belonging and purpose through community involvement and meaningful contribution. Programs are differentiated by participants’ interests and needs.