Introductions: Introduce yourself. Give everyone the opportunity to know a little about each other, and to practice speaking to the group. Begin by having each person introduce themselves. They can give their names, their children’s names and ages, their due date if pregnant, or other information you think of.
Icebreaker Exercise – optional, see earlier section of “Facilitating WIC Discussion Groups.”
Ask general, non-specific, open-ended questions to open up the discussion and to elicit clients’ concerns, as well as strategies for addressing their concerns during the discussion:
