Responsiveness Menu — Session activity

0–5 min | Agree on purpose and fit

Explain the educational scope. Ask what would be useful, check readiness and access needs, and establish choices to observe, adapt, or pass. Use an ordinary example; do not solicit trauma narratives.

5–10 min | Orient with an example

Helpful responses are personal and should be checked. Fictional example: Alex prefers a question before a hug, while Sam prefers quiet company. Ask what is observed and what remains uncertain.

10–20 min | Practice and compare

Each person chooses preferred responses to a minor disappointment and identifies responses that do not fit. Offer quiet individual work, a supported conversation, or an observing role. Compare two possible responses without evaluating people as right or wrong.

20–25 min | Reflect on meaning

How will you ask what kind of response is wanted? Ask what fit, what did not fit, and how culture, power, disability access, or external conditions affect the options.

25–30 min | Integrate and close

Invite one optional next step or support request. Orient to the current setting, allow an unfinished question to remain unfinished, and agree how to revisit it. End early or adapt if activation increases.

Adaptations

For a group, use fiction and no compulsory round-robin disclosure. For remote use, allow off-camera reflection and private notes. For brief use, keep one example and one question while retaining opening and closing choices.

Prompts for this resource

1. What outcome would make this practice useful?
2. How will you ask what kind of response is wanted?
3. What adaptation or follow-up is needed?