COMMUNITYBASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT ANNEX 1 Opening and closing

COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · ANNEX 1 Opening and closing a workshop

COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · ANNEX 1 Introduction • Personal introduction • Icebreakers • Learning about psychosocial support involves learning about psychological processes and relates to personal feelings and experiences.

COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · ANNEX 1 Setting the rules • Create a safe environment: what is said in the room is confidential and stays in the room • Everybody has the right to speak but nobody is obligated to speak • All contributions are to be received in an appreciative way • There is no right or wrong • Discuss rules for interacting in the classroom • Discuss expectations • Present and discuss the programme

COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · ANNEX 1 Ending the day Participants need to feel that the day has come to a closure • Make a summary of the content of the day • Ask if there any questions • Do a recap in plenary by the end of the day • Go through the programme for the following day

COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · ANNEX 1 Ending the workshop • Take time to end the workshop • Evaluate; written or orally, individual or in plenary • If both a questionnaire and feedback through plenary are used, handout the questionnaire first

COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · ANNEX 1 Saying goodbye • Facilitator can give a speech and hand out certificates • Do a final activity together (such as singing a song) • Make time for everyone to say goodbye to each other