2-Day Foundations of Motivational Interviewing - Parts 1 and 2

Training presented by Jenny Row, MSSA, LISW-S

Your registration includes both days of training.

Objectives

• Define Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its core elements.
• Describe provider behaviors that disengage people from behavior change discussions.
• Explain the use of open-ended questions and affirmations in the process of engaging people in behavior change.
• Practice reflections and summaries when engaging people with a severe mental illness and/or substance use in behavior change discussions.
• Explain how to provide information and advice in a MI-consistent manner.

Objectives

• Repeat core motivational interviewing concepts and discuss associated practice experiences.
• Explain how to use focusing to prioritize the person's goal for the interaction.
• Recognize language that favors staying the same versus making a change.
• Discuss and practice strategies to evoke and reinforce language in favor of change when working with people who have severe mental illness and/or substance use disorder.
• Identify techniques for strengthening commitment to and planning for change.

12 CEU's will be awarded after completion of the full training.

Host or Publisher County of Summit ADM Board