TOOL 9
Group Facilitation Kit
For classrooms, teams, households, offices, and community circles. Goal: give the group one common pause before reactions cause harm.
- BRAKE
- NOTICE
- DROP
- RESET
- ZERO
- CHOOSE
Facilitator safety
- Not therapy or diagnosis.
- No forced disclosure.
- Participants may opt out at any time.
- Eyes open is fine.
- Use low-intensity examples.
- If anyone gets upset: stop, invite them to look around the room, lower the intensity, and offer ways to get support.
60–90 minute flow
- 1. 5 minOpening — What the skill is, and the group rule: opt out anytime.
- 2. 10 minThe Model — Pressure shrinks Bandwidth; a BRAKE opens room to choose.
- 3. 10–15 minLive Practice — Three low-intensity Zero Loop reps together.
- 4. 10–15 minReal-Life Reps — Before Send, before speaking, before deciding, before entering a room.
- 5. 10 minPair Share (optional) — Where does reaction speed up for you?
- 6. 10–20 minGroup Application — Choose one shared Pause Button context.
- 7. 5 minClose — One final loop. Each person names one place they will use the Brake.
Bring: printed Zero Loop Cards (one per person), the Crisis Card, and a timer.
Agreement is not where peace begins. A pause is.
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