CORE CONCEPTS
The following are core concepts that should be addressed
during this session:
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Listening skills
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Welcoming
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Reason for being in the group
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Developing group rules
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Building trust
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Cooperation
OUTLINE OF THE SESSION
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Welcome
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Climbing down the Tree exercise
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Start with ice-breaker: Name of the game
ICE-BREAKER
Name of the game
Time: 10 minutes
Preparation: None
Activity
Remember a cuddly toy!
Everybody sits down in a circle, and a cuddly toy is thrown around to help rehearse people's names.
1) Everybody sits down in a circle.
2) A cuddly toy is thrown across the circle while the person says his or her own name and the name of the person they are
throwing to. The game stops when almost everybody is able to repeat all the names in the group.
Note: It is a pleasant, playful way to start and helps the children to settle down, but also helps them to set the group as a
playful event.
INTRODUCTION
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Welcome everybody to this first group session.
Today is the first of 24 weeks that we will be together. The first 14 sessions will only be us and for the last 10 sessions your
mothers will join us.
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We will start with a short introduction to tell you what this group is about. Then we will talk about the rules of the group and
what we will do today.
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First of all, this group is about being yourself and about having fun.
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We will have games, questions, stories and all kind of activities to do.
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Most importantly, we want to help you to make your own decisions about how you want to be and what is important for you.
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We also want you to look at the best ways of coping with problems.
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The group is here to help you.
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After certain sessions, there may be some fun homework exercises to practise together with your moms.
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There are not many rules in this group, but there are some things we find very important:
- 1) We don't talk about the things that our friends say in the group outside of this room.
Children
- 2) We respect each other, listen to each other and never hurt someone.
- 3) If we do not agree with someone or if we feel uneasy about an activity, you must talk to me (group facilitator) about it.
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