Methods for Creating Ground Rules

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Methods for Creating Ground Rules

Before you create ground rules, explain their purpose and the reason you have chosen to create them as a group rather than simply stipulating them yourself. The following pages present three different methods for creating ground rules.

Small Group Method
Brookfield and Preskill's Method
Acronym Method

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