Illness Management & Recovery Groups / GRP1089
IMR Group: Relapse Prevention Collaboration — Cooperative Planning Workshop
Draft a collaborative early-warning plan with routine, increased-support, and urgent-assessment steps using existing care guidance.
40 minutes · 3–12 people · Adults with trained group facilitation
Facilitator PDF · Fillable participant PDF · Open activity / add to session
UNDERSTAND THE IDEA
Self-management includes noticing and coordinating care.
A person may notice early changes, identify useful routines, and prepare questions for their care team. A group exercise can help organize that information without diagnosing symptoms or replacing individualized illness-management planning.
Facilitation lens: Distinguish a personal pattern from a clinical conclusion. Include consent, care coordination, and medical guidance where appropriate.
Explore the conceptual background · Broad background, not validation of this original exercise.
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Fictional example
Casey wants clear agreement about whom to contact if familiar warning signs return.
Open with choice — 3 minutes
Explain the purpose, privacy limits, and the option to observe, use fiction, adapt, or pass. Check access needs and group readiness; do not promise absolute confidentiality.
Meet the fictional case — 4 minutes
Casey wants clear agreement about whom to contact if familiar warning signs return. Ask what is known, what is assumed, and what the person in the case wants.
Practice: Planning workshop — 26 minutes
Draft a collaborative early-warning plan with routine, increased-support, and urgent-assessment steps using existing care guidance. In pairs or small groups, create two possible plans for the fictional case. Compare access, effort, likely tradeoffs, and consent. Choose one reversible trial with a backup and a review point; allow an observing role.
Reflect and compare — 4 minutes
What should each support person do, with your permission? Ask what fits, what does not, and what external conditions or supports affect the options. No personal disclosure is required.
Close and integrate — 3 minutes
Invite an optional observation, support request, or small next step. Passing is welcome. Agree how to revisit questions and seek appropriate help outside the exercise.
Practice output
A feasible plan with a support, a backup, and a review question.
Scope and adaptation
Use fictional or ordinary examples, consent, accessibility adaptations, and passing. Original educational group facilitation; not a complete treatment protocol. Do not interpret drawings or require personal disclosure. IMR-informed companion practice, not the official IMR manual or a fidelity-verified program. Use existing care plans and do not change medication independently.
Offer reading aloud, typing, drawing, pointing, or observation. Avoid mandatory movement, eye contact, touch, and body focus.
Original AI-assisted educational draft; independent clinical review pending.
Conceptual background
References inform broad principles and do not validate or endorse this original plan.