What is it?
Find out what help the person actually wants.
Why would I need this?
This practice helps you make your own next step clearer and easier to discuss.
Show me.
- Ask what would be useful.
- Check what the person wants you to do yourself.
- Ask before sharing their information or speaking for them.
- Accept a no or a change of mind.
Try it.
Write two questions that check permission.
Watch out for this.
An offer of help does not give you permission to disclose someone’s story.
Explain this another way
Try the exercise aloud, on paper, or with someone you choose.
Show me an example
HAB practice example: A volunteer asks whether a person wants company at a meeting or would prefer to go alone.
What does that word mean?
Open the full glossaryYou did it.
You have practiced find out what help the person actually wants.