Group Facilitator Basics (Wed/Thurs)

We cover group facilitation basics, trauma-informed approaches to creating a group environment, strategies for navigating challenges & more!

Facilitating groups for people with shared experiences can build powerful connections in an uncertain and often isolating world. What facilitation strategies can help us better create conditions for community-building and transformation?

This introductory training is for folks interested in learning some basic group facilitation skills around a variety of lived experiences such as: substances, gender, race, art, spirituality and more.

We will cover how to effectively open and close group spaces, as well as how to navigate challenging group dynamics. Other topics include:

• Creating trauma aware environments (including institutional trauma)
• Honoring multiple realities and belief systems
• Creating collectively held group values

Note: this is an 8-hour introductory version of our full 16-hour Group Facilitator Training. The full 16-hour training goes more in-depth on the above topics, and provides more time for practice and dialogue.

Training Dates:

Wednesday, November 18th

Thursday, November 19th

Each day will run 12pm to 4pm Eastern (11am to 3pm Central, 10am to 2pm Mountain, 9am to 1pm Pacific, etc.)

A note about cost: Tickets are available on a sliding scale. However, if the current prices are not accessible for you or if you are a Wildflower employee who should be registering for free, please e-mail us at info@wildfloweralliance.org so we can work with you to get registered.

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