# Check-ins, Check-outs & Regenerative Cultures Statements

### Check-Ins and Check-Outs

These are an important aspect of the care which threads through our Principles and Values. They are not compulsory for training sessions but, ideally, presenters should try to do **check-ins** as a way for everyone to connect with each other and ground themselves in the moment.<p> 
If you want to do them, always give participants the option not to check-in or out if they don’t want to, and perhaps suggest they use the chat instead. 

For verbal check-ins with more than 5 participants, use breakout rooms but always explain that participants can return to the main room if they wish - unless using them is going to be essential for the purposes of the session.

A general check-in could include given name, preferred pronouns, why the person is here, and handing over to someone else in the group by saying their name. They help attendees to:<br>
  - feel part of the session; 
 - say how they feel;
 - let everyone know how to pronounce their name.

Various other options can be  used; choose which suits your presentation and timings. As an example, ask all participants to post in chat. Suggest using something to describe how they are feeling - an animal, a colour, or a few words.  

**Check-outs** are also not compusory but they can be used to glean a brief insight from participants about the session. As an example, ask them to post in chat something that they found:
- surprising,
- especially interesting,
- new to them.

If you wish to use a Regenerative Statement to open the session and/or a Vision Reminder to close it - 
[find them here](https://rebeltoolkit.extinctionrebellion.uk/books/introduction-to-regenerative-cultures/page/regenerative-culture-reminders-intention-statements).