Motivational Interviewing (MI) Foundations of Practice

Course overview

This course provides an overview of the method of MI and goes beyond the definition to examine how and why MI works. It focuses on,

• The efficacy and effectiveness of MI
• The facilitative role of the Spirit of the method in attending to client language about change. 
• Providing information and advice in a style consistent with MI
• The four Tasks/Processes of MI 
• The process of recognizing, evoking and responding to change talk
• Strategies for responding to discord and sustain talk

Objectives

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• define and critique the four-process model of MI and its relevance to patient-centered care.
• establish therapeutic relationships with patients that are characterized by partnership, acceptance, compassion and evocation.
• use OARS skills (open questions, affirmations, reflective statements and summaries) to identify and explore issues to be addressed in a patient encounter, including the patient’s context and preferences.
• provide information and advice in a style consistent with MI
• discuss skills and strategies used in the engaging, focusing, evoking and planning processes.
• analyze practice experience, identify practice gaps and implement changes to ensure performance improvement in the treatment integrity measures of MI.
   

Additional details

• Cost: $325.00
• To register: Complete the pre-registration form

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