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Motivational Interviewing

Omni Houston at Westside
13210 Katy Freeway | Houston, Texas 77079 | March 23, 2018
 
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Motivational Interviewing, Screening, & Brief Intervention Workshop

Presented by Scott T. Walters, Ph.D. 

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Thinking About Change

  • Things that make change more (and less) likely
  • Horse Whispering: A Video Analogy
  • Exercise in contrasting conversation styles
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

What is Motivational Interviewing?

  • Background: What is Motivational Interviewing and when is it used?
  • Relational v. Technical Components
  • Key Processes: Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, Planning
  • Using Motivational Interviewing to address modifiable risk and protective factors in juvenile justice
  • Video and Demonstration
9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Break
9:45 – 10:30 a.m.

Relational Aspects

  • Open and Closed Questions
  • Reflections
  • Affirmations
  • Summaries
  • Video and Demonstration
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Relational Aspects in Practice
11:30 –12:00 p.m.

Technical Aspects

  • Identifying "Change Talk": Desire, Ability, Reasons, Need, Commitment
  • Responding to "Change Talk": Evoke, Affirm, Reflect, Summarize
  • Demonstration
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 p.m. Technical Aspects (continued)
1:45 – 2:15 p.m.

Technical Aspects in Practice

  • Typical Scenarios in juvenile justice case management
  • Demonstration and Practice
2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 – 3:15 p.m.

Common Strategies

  • Readiness Rules
  • Giving feedback, advice, and referrals
  • Addressing violations and lack of progress
  • Demonstration and Practice
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Summary & Questions
3:30 p.m. Training Adjourns


Funded by grants from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and Texas Department of Transportation