Motivational Interviewing for Social Workers
Summary
Utilizing numerous materials including the Professional Training Videotape Series developed by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick, this five-week series of 3-hour instruction and skill-building sessions will provide a basic introduction to Motivational Interviewing. Using the video material and supplemental handouts, along with lecture, role-playing and group discussion, this course will lay a foundation for participants to begin to develop their clinical skills in helping people accomplish change in areas of difficult behavior.
- Describe motivational interviewing / motivational enhancement.
- Differentiate between internal and external motivation.
- Identify 4 variables in the "change equation" supported by multiple research findings.
- Describe the relationship between motivational interviewing and the Transtheoretical Model of Change.
- Identify basic tools/skills of motivational interviewing.
- Identify 5 basic principles of motivational interviewing, and ethical issues regarding MI practice.
- Describe 6 traps to avoid when using a motivational approach.
- Identify 5 opening strategies of motivational interviewing.
- Apply skills in early engagement, information exchange, and initiation of a plan of action with a client.
- Describe 4-phase, overarching target hierarchy that organizes motivational work with clients.
- Apply reflective listening skills in role-playing.
- Identify 9 methods for evoking "change talk" with ambivalent clients.
- Distinguish between the 4 types of "preparatory change talk," and the 3 types of "mobilizing change talk."
- Describe methods for responding to severe ambivalence without creating discord in the therapeutic relationship.
- Identify additional resources for developing MI/ME skills.
Agenda
| Date | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2019 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Types of Motivation, and Models of Change |
| May 29, 2019 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm | The Basic Principles/Spirit, and Ethics of Motivational Interviewing |
| May 29, 2019 | 8:00pm - 9:00pm | The Basic Principles/Spirit, and Ethics of Motivational Interviewing |
| June 5, 2019 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Opening Strategies for Engagement |
| June 5, 2019 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm | Opening Strategies for Focusing |
| June 5, 2019 | 8:00pm - 9:00pm | Stage-matching Motivational Strategies |
| June 12, 2019 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Function and Types of Change Talk |
| June 12, 2019 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm | Strategies for Eliciting Change Talk |
| June 12, 2019 | 8:00pm - 9:00pm | Evaluating Effective Use of Motivational Interviewing |
| June 19, 2019 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Responding to "Resistance" |
| June 19, 2019 | 7:30pm - 9:00pm | Tracking and Practicing the Use of Motivational Interviewing Skills |
| June 26, 2019 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Giving Feedback and Exchanging Information |
| June 26, 2019 | 7:30pm - 9:00pm | Closing the Deal: Negotiating Effective Change Plans |
Instructor
Stephen R. Wilandface-to-face semester course (mini-course)
Sessions
- 5/29/2019 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 6/5/2019 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 6/12/2019 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 6/19/2019 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 6/26/2019 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
CE Contact Hours
- 15 regular face-to-face
Skill Level
Beginner & Intermediate
Location
U-M School of Social Work
1080 South University Avenue
TBD
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
1080 South University Avenue
TBD
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Room: 3752
Fees
$265.00
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