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Description of support group
Guidelines
At each of our meetings:
We strive to uphold the following group guidelines
Guidelines discussed at the beginning of each meeting
Participants invited to add to the these guidelines at any time
- Co-create a welcoming environment
- One person speaks at a time
- We request confidentiality (e.g. don't mention names or personal details outside of this group)
- Respect different points of view
- Listen to each other and allow time for people to speak
- Empathy
- Practice tolerance -- avoid prejudices
- Non-judgmental
- Use lnguage that helps the group (e.g. avoid derogatory or harsh language)
- Stay away from acronyms, or explain them
- Speak up, when you have a need (e.g. "Please speak louder")
- Learn from each other
- Anybody can raise a topic
- Punctuality -- we start and end on time
- Avoid "should" statements
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