About SOAR

Client Satisfaction Survey comments:

“I loved this program! I wish that it didn't have to end & I hope that Phase 4 will be brought back. I would definitely be I interested in coming although I feel confident with the friends I've made to help be a part of my support. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!”

“I'm very grateful for this program. It has helped me deal [with and] understand my abuse; to know why I always had a chip on my shoulders and that was all my life. And now, thanks to SOAR and its staff, I haven't a chip anymore. Thank you again.”

“I have been in and out of therapy for over ten years. This is the first time I felt my needs were genuinely met. I look forward to the Phase 4 group!”

Incorporated as a 501 (c) (3) organization in 1992, Survivors of Abuse in Recovery, Inc. (SOAR) is a statewide recovery program which provides counseling, referral, and education services to adult, adolescent and child survivors of sexual abuse and assault, their non-offending partners, and non-offending family members. SOAR also provides outreach programs to community organizations and businesses.

Does the SOAR program work?

In addition to the ongoing evaluation of each client by a trained clinician, the effectiveness of SOAR’s treatment program for children and adolescents is measured with the trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC), which is administered to teens before and after each cycle of the group treatment program they participate in. Children complete the TSCC at the beginning of treatment, after six sessions, and at the end of treatment or after one year, whichever comes sooner. The effectiveness of SOAR’s treatment program for adults is monitored with the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90), a standard questionnaire that measures a client’s self-reported symptoms in nine specific psychological problem areas. Clients complete the SCL-90 four times before, during, and after treatment.

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Our compiled data indicates that clients report statistically significant decreases in symptoms.

SOAR is the only treatment agency of its kind in the Delaware/Mid-Atlantic region.

Who benefits from SOAR’s services?

More than 1000 adults, adolescents, children, and their families residing in Delaware and the surrounding counties in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland utilize SOAR’s services annually.