Action for change

These included representatives from the sponsoring organizations of the program: the New Brunswick Association of Social Workers; the Muriel McQueen Centre for Family Violence Research at the University of New Brunswick; vii the Government of New Brunswick Department of Social Development; and individuals involved in the project’s Advisory and Working Committees. [...] Recognizing this, the New Brunswick Association of Social Workers (NBASW) in partnership with the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre on Family Violence Research (MMFC) at the University of New Brunswick; the Government of New Brunswick’s Department of Social Development; and the Government of New Brunswick’s Women’s Issues Branch of the Executive Council Office developed Understanding the Impact of I [...] An Evaluation Committee was formed and committee members worked collaboratively with the Evaluator on various aspects of the evaluation such as determining the evaluation goals, the evaluation framework, the logic model for the initiative, the design of data collection instruments, the data collection, the data analysis, the final evaluation report and the evaluation recommendations. [...] Workshop Title Some participants in the train-the-trainer program thought the title of the program, Understanding the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence – Helping Social Workers to Better Intervene, was misleading and led to some confusion on the purpose and objectives of the workshop. [...] The findings suggest that with the creation of an IPV educational program and modifications to the train-the-trainer program, there is the potential to achieve the desired outcome of improved social work interventions in situations of IPV.