Motivational Interviewing: Foundations and Strategies Five Week Course

Description:

Discover the value of Motivational Interviewing (MI) in our intensive five-week virtual course, "Motivational Interviewing: Foundations and Strategies," offered by MASBIRT TTA. Empower individuals to make positive change by exploring and resolving ambivalence through MI's evidence-based communication style. Learn about MI principles, processes and strategies through self-paced learning, partner activities, and live sessions, with personalized written and verbal feedback to support your skill development.

Important Logistics:

• This training course will run for five weeks from July 21 – August 22, 2025
• Expect to dedicate 4-5 hours of your time per week, including:
  • 3 hours weekly in live Zoom sessions with practice activities
    • Live sessions will be held on Wednesdays 10AM – 1PM
    • Live session dates: 7/23, 7/30, 8/6, 8/13, 8/20
  • 1-2 hours weekly of self-paced work
    • Pre-recorded presentations, readings, quizzes
    • Complete each on your own time during the week it is assigned

Course objectives:

• Discuss the four principles of MI (Spirit of MI).
• Discuss the four processes of MI.
• Demonstrate four skills used in MI (OARS).
• Differentiate between change talk and sustain talk.
• Demonstrate the “Testing the Waters” framework to test readiness for planning within an MI conversation.
• Demonstrate the 5-step process to develop an MI based Action Plan.