Training
Click here to apply for Fall 2011 training for Peer Counselors!
What training is provided for members of S.O.A.R.?
All of our Peer Counsellors, themselves survivors, are fully screened and are required to complete a 18 session training program led by a Mental Health professional and a S.O.A.R. trainer.
- The training emphasizes supportive, listening counselling skills and includes:
- communication skills
- types and effects of abuse
- confidentiality
- crisis management
- responding to flashbacks
- post-traumatic stress
- other services and supports available in the community for survivors.
Peer Counsellors then become members of S.O.A.R. where ongoing education and training is provided through annual workshops, retreats and training seminars.
Training in Group Facilitation and Training the Trainer is also available to S.O.A.R. Peer Counsellors, thus enabling S.O.A.R. members to take an active role in the facilitation of support groups for survivors as well as in the delivery of Peer Counsellor training.
Click to see sample Group Facilitation Training flyer from a previous training session. (PDF File)
Do NOT apply for this training – it is a past event for example only!
