Activity: Circle Listening Practice Instructions
The following activity designed will provide an opportunity to practice reflective listening. Time will be spent on practicing reflective listening only, and the Reflective Listening Cheat Sheet is available for reference. By the end of the activity, all participants will have offered reflective listening statements, practiced reflective listening only while avoiding listening roadblocks. Remember, this is not a role play or conversation. This is practicing a simple reflection followed by a complex reflection. 1. Distribute a 3x5 index card to each participant with these instructions: “During the exploration process, you will hear peers discuss difficulties and challenges in their lives. Think about what a peer might say regarding a specific difficulty or challenge about mental health or substance use. Write down one or two sentences about the difficulty or challenge that you might hear.” 2. After participants have a short time to write their index card, provide the following instructions: “All you will need for this activity is your index card with the peer statement. However, because we are going to do a lot of reflective listening practice, feel free to bring your Reflective Listening Cheat Sheet . When I say go, everyone is going to get up and move to the perimeter of the room. Please form two circles facing each other so that each person has a partner and is spread out so that you're at least an arm’s length away from the next pair.” 3. After participants have formed the circles, provide the following instructions “Those of you standing on the outside circle looking into the room, you will be in the listener role to start. Those of you standing on the inside circle looking out; you will be in the speaker role to start. Speaker, your job is to read the peer statement. Because this is a practice activity, speakers, I want you to share your peer statement twice. Those of you on the outside are in the listener role, you are going to hear the peer statement two times. The first time you hear the statement offer a simple reflection, just repeat, or rephrase what you are hearing. The second time you hear the statement, now is your chance to go a little deeper and make an educated guess about the peer's underlying meaning. Try a complex reflection. Listeners, please keep in mind that your reflections should be statements, not question. Let me say that again, this activity is for practicing listening statements, not question asking. Try to make your reflective listening statements as concise as possible. Once you have completed this exchange, pause for further instructions. Any questions? Okay, please begin. 4. [ Note: This speaker-listener exchange is considered a round. Each round takes about one minute to complete. This activity does not simulate a conversation but a brief exchange to enable participants to practice reflective listening statements.]
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