Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR)

Purpose

Through this 12-month project, SOAR will scale their promising practice of building the capacity of frontline service providers and survivors to recognize and respond to intimate partner violence-caused brain injuries (IPV-BI). This will be achieved through the training of a national cohort of frontline worker knowledge brokers to deliver IPV-BI training nationally, and through the adaptation of the ‘Support Group in a Box’ model for online peer support groups for IPV-BI survivors across Canada. The expected results are increased capacity of frontline workers in a greater number of service areas to recognize and respond to IPV-BI appropriately, improved resiliency and quality of life outcomes for participants, and a template of a model and materials that can be used by IPV and BI support groups across the country to run their own groups.