Add@Me Learning Methods Database (EN)

A duo composed by a vi facilitator and a sighted assistant will be the best formula to carry out this game. On small papers which are hung on leads / or on post-it papers, there are notices with descriptions of different behaviours occurring in groups, and the indications of how we react to them. Each participant draws one paper hung on a lead in a way, so that he/she does not see what is written on it. Participants put labels on their backs in a way that other people can read what is written there. For the sighted participants, it can be small papers, like post-it, put on the front of their heads.

There are following labels (you can add more of them, roles can be doubled – it depends on the group size).

1. Chief – you have to agree with me;

2. Introvert – you have to drag everything out of me;

3. Wallflower – don’t pay attention to me;

4. Expert – consult everything with me;

5. Comedian / clown – laugh at me;

6. Deviant – I am different;

7. Scapegoat – make me feel guilty;

8. I am delicate – treat me gently;

9. Take me, for whom I am;

10. My opinion does not count – make fun of me / make me ridiculous.

Players are supposed to treat other players according to the labels they have. Observers take notes from what is going on. The facilitator encourages players sitting in the circle to speak on a pre-defined topic.

One or two persons play the observers’ role. They take notes concerning the behaviours of the players. Depending on the group size, one observer can follow, e.g., 3 participants – it is to be decided depending on the group size. 

The small papers / labels which are hung on leads are on the table in a way that nobody can see what is written on them / it can be post-it papers to be put on participants foreheads. Players choose one paper without seeing what is written on it and put it on their backs (with the help of the facilitator, their assistant or someone from the group, if needed) / or e.g. post-it papers on their foreheads.

The facilitator encourages players sitting in the circle to speak on a proposed subject. Players are supposed to treat other players according to the labels they have. Observers take notes from what is going on. After a certain time, when everybody has spoken, players say what kind of feeling they have in relation to the way they were treated by the others. Players try to find out what was written on their labels. Observers share their observations in a group concerning the players.

Because of the fact that players are supposed to treat other players negatively, it is important that there should be some time for reflection concerning their own behaviour. The following questions might be helpful:  Did you feel comfortable during the discussion? In what way have other players treated you and what kind of feelings did it give you? Did you feel at ease treating other people according to the labels they had? What happens with interpersonal relations or group effort when people give other people labels?

The reflexion can be directed towards disability issues. How are disabled / blind people treated by others? How are they perceived by others? What are the consequences of the stigma of the disabled People? Etc.

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