(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Bring together feelings and experiences to provide a focus.
Reflecting
Respond to the person's basic verbal message.
Give the person time to think and speak.
Avoid interrupting or offering solutions; preaching or teaching.
Check the accuracy of your perceptions with phrases such as, "I think that you are saying . . .:
Question the speaker in a supportive way to request more information or clear up any confusion.
Keep an open mind about what you are hearing: try to picture what the speaker is saying.
Avoid elaborating on what the speaker is saying,
Avoid discounting or downplaying the speaker's feelings.
Interpreting
Avoid looking around the room or fidgeting.
Restating
Try to understand what the speaker is saying and show empathy.
Offer a tentative interpretation about the person's feelings, desires, or meaning.
Wait three seconds, and then respond with phrases such as: "I felt that way when. . ."
Face the speaker and maintain eye contact, not, etc.
Avoid making assumptions or jumping to conclusions.
Avoid judging the speaker or rehearsing your response in your head while they are speaking.
Find out if interpretations and perceptions are valid and accurate.
Show warmth and caring in one's own individual way.
Avoid assuming you know what the speaker is trying to communicate without listening.
Repeat the phrase you would like clarified.
Reflect perceptions of content that are heard or perceived through cues.
Repeat back what you heard briefly but accurately; paraphrase.
Listen for what is not said. Repond with phrases such as, "So you feel that .."
Pay attention to what isn't said - to feelings, facial expressions, gesture, posture and other nonverbal cues.
Being Quiet
Provide verbal or nonverbal awareness of the other person.
