Leadership for Empowerment and Abuse Prevention (LEAP)

Website

https://leap.partnership.vcu.edu

Overview

The LEAP project provides training by people with disabilities for others with disabilities about prevention of abuse by establishing healthy relationships. It is developing instruments to evaluate the Curriculum and involving VCU students as trainers.

Major Activities

Train people with disabilities in small groups about healthy relationships and abuse prevention
Develop instruments to evaluate the curriculum
Involve VCU Students in training and analyzing data

Funding Source

Virginia Board for People with Disabilities (VBPD) - Virginia's DD Council
Department of Justice
James Madison University

Contact

Parthy Dinora
Email: padinora@vcu.edu

Molly Dellinger-Wray
Email: mdwray@vcu.edu