• HRP consulted Avalon Centre and the SANE program when revising their standard Operating Procedures for Responding to Sexual Assault.

  • Developing a “Facilitators’ Guide” to serve as a professional training tool. This resource offers an in depth description of our “Stepping Stone” model and group programs.

  • Police training initiative with the Halifax Regional Police. Avalon Centre and HRP developed a police-training curriculum and offered three one weeklong training programs to patrol officers and Major Crime investigators, and a one-day training workshop for cadets. The training programs will be offered again in the fall of 2003.