Posted by John Kvapil on May 01, 2017; 4:31pm
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Brian And  Sarah-sounds like a communication problem!

I would ask a series of questions to find out how why or how communication is breaking apart and  hopefully guide them into thinking how about achieve their personal goals with each other's help.
1. How are you communicating your ideas? 2.How are you communicating your concerns? 3.What are your strengths? 4.What are your roles in the project?

Maybe Brian is struggling with expressing is ideas, so I may ask Brian to share his ideas and help him improve in communicating them.

I would ask Sarah to make a list of strengths on Brian and encourage her to let Brian use them to to help with the project, no matter how small. Once Brian has a role, it can grow which would boost his confidence in expressing his ideas. Sarah will be more willing to listen to his ideas which builds trust between them.

I believe getting students to talk to each other and figuring out what their individual roles would be a step in the right direction.  A short and fun trust building activity would be another approach to build or start communication.