Facilitating Family Support Groups

Participants will be able to..

• Describe a family support group
• Examine the roles of a facilitator • Describe the importance of safety in a group and how to foster it
• Identify and discuss co-facilitation in support groups
• Discuss established guidelines and principles to effective facilitation of support groups
• Review verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Identify particular concerns including suicide prevention and trauma-informed care
• Appraise one’s own self-care
• List future training needs.