Advanced Agenda

Agenda: Day One—each topic area involves practice

9:00am-10:15am: Review of MI concepts; presentation, demonstration, and questions

10:15am-10:30am: Break

10:30am-12n: Focus on empathy; forming reflections

12n-1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm-2:30pm: Following the flow of the MI conversation; a practice exercise

2:30pm-2:45pm: Break

2:45pm-4:30pm: Group practice interview; summary

Day Two: each topic area involves practice

1:30pm 3:00pm: Rolling with Resistance; discussion and practice

3:00pm-3:15pm: Break

3:15pm-4:15pm: Practice

4:15pm-4:30pm: Gathering of learning thus far

Day Three—all practice

9a-10:30a: Supervised practice

10:30a-11:45a: Break

11:45-12:30p: Supervised/coached practice

12:30p-1:30p: Lunch

1:30p-2:300p: Supervised/coached practice

2:30pm-2:45pm: Break

2:45pm-4:00pm: Practice, summary, evaluation

Training objectives:

At the end of a 3 day intensive, participants

  1. Will be able to distinguish between change vs sustain talk

  2. Will be able to demonstrate the opening strategies of MI

  3. Will be able to utilize methods of eliciting change talk

  4. Will be able to utilize strategies for handling resistance

  5. Will be able to assist the client in developing a change plan.