A tool to be used at the beginning of each group session to build a safe environment and help each member find their own voice early in the group.
What is check-in
100
Establishing a better relationship with group members, as well as trust.
What is building rapport?
100
Giving positive feedback to someone about something they do, feel, or say
What is affirmation?
100
Standard or expectation set on group members to help group facilitation
What is a group norm/ground rule
100
The expectation that everyone will contribute to group discussion
What is full participation
200
A way to break the social tension and help group members get to know each other and build relationships.
What is an icebreaker?
200
Revealing something about yourself, especially something very personal
What is self-disclosure?
200
Rather than controlling the group, this way of guiding a group is more about being a support role to assist the group and its members toward their goals.
What is facilitation?
200
breaking of confidentiality and trust, other members feeling left out, breaking professional boundaries, formation of cliques
What are the concerns of meeting outside of group
200
A question that cannot be answered by "yes" or "no"
What is an open-ended question
300
When people are placed in pairs for check-in
What is dyad exercise
300
Believing that others will not break your confidence; the ability to rely on someone not to break secrecy
What is trust?
300
Any number of people more than1, this is what we call when people come together to help each other towards a common goal.
What is a group
300
The agreement, contracted or otherwise, to keep group discussion secret within the group
What is confidentiality
300
The ability to imagine how others feel; "putting oneself in another's shoes"
What is empathy
400
Anxiety, lack of trust, fear of judgment, inability to get along, and being forced to be in the group,
What are common fear of group members?
400
Resistance, lack of trust, fear, breaking of trust, unresponsiveness
What are challenges/obstacles of building rapport?
400
Avoid the temptation to try and change your personality around the group; an antonym of being someone else.
What is being yourself
400
Because it allows the members to feel more connected and considered in group, gives them a chance to set rules that are meaningful to them, and makes them more likely to abide by those norms
What is the importance of groups establishing their own norms
400
This is the expectation that the group will not always rely on the leaders to guide work and discussion, but will begin to encourage each other contribute without being prompted to do so at any given moment