Classic Program: Starter Facilitator Handbook for Healing Groups

PRACTICE FACILITATION EXERCISE The practice facilitation exercise allows you to get experience facilitating in a safe environment and with feedback from others. To prepare for the practice facilitation exercise, in small groups, select a section of the book that you have already covered in the training (excluding Lesson 8), and that you can present in ten minutes. Each person in your group should select a different section. Do not select the stories at the beginnings of the lessons. Assume that the group knows the story.

During your ten minutes, you will need to (1) present the topic and ask a question; (2) allow the group to participate and interact with each other; (3) listen to feedback from the group; and (4) add anything they have not covered. Use the diagram at right to structure your ten-minute session. The following sections from the book are good for this amount of time: L1 section 2, L2 section 2, L3 section 3, L4 section 2, L5 section 4, L6 section 4–5. Your facilitating skills will be assessed on a scale from 1–10, with 10 as excellent.

PRACTICE FACILITATION EXERCISE (10 MIN TOTAL)

Suggested breakdown: Ask (2 min) Participation (3 min) Listen (3 min) Add (2 min)

• Very Good (10–9 points): Communicates material from the book very clearly and accurately. Group participation organized very well. Responds very well to questions. Keeps the group functioning well. An enjoyable learning experience. • Good (8–7 points): Communicates material from the book clearly and accu- rately. Group participation organized well. Responds well to questions. Some small issues in managing the group. • Fair (6–5 points): Communicates material from the book accurately. Some group participation. Presentation or group participation not always well-planned or clear. Has some difficulty responding to questions and managing the group. • Weak (4–3 points) Either preaches or lectures with very little or no group participation, or the presentation is confusing or inaccurate or focuses on material not in the book. Does not respond satisfactorily to questions. Not able to manage the group. • Very Weak (2–1 point): Unable to communicate in a group. Unable to manage a group.

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