Would you like to enhance your current knowledge and practice on how to effectively use Motivational Interviewing (MI)? This online Enhanced Professional Learning (EPL) interactive series will cover topics and provide interactive practice opportunities essential to the development and/or refinement of MI skills and relational style. Emphasis is placed on the “intentional use” of MI skills to identify a change goal, resolve ambivalence, and increase motivation for change.
Every Friday, May 7 – July 2, 2021, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Mountain/11:30 am – 1:00 pm Central
At the end of the MI-IP Enhanced Professional Learning Series, participants will be able to:
Work in the behavioral health, substance use disorders, and recovery support services field located in the Mountain Plains ATTC region (HHS Region 8)
The first 35 registrants will receive a waiver that covers the entire $350 cost to participate. Once the 35 spots have been filled, registration will be closed. Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full requirements, please defer this opportunity to others.
Registrants enrolled in this series are required to attend the first two weeks. If you cannot attend these sessions, you will forfeit your spot to attend. In addition, it is expected that participants will have access to the appropriate technology to fully participate and be on camera at least 90% of the time. This is not a webinar series and active participation is required to gain/improve skills.
The series has been approved for a total of 21 contact hours (20-hours content instruction and 1-hour orientation session) through the National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC), International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC), and the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) ACEP No. 6492. No credit will be awarded for non-attendance or partial attendance. The knowledge and skills learned should be applied within the framework of any applicable Operating and/or Credentialing regulations in your State of practice.
Coaching in specific Motivational Interviewing (MI) approaches will be available to participants following completion of the MI-EPL series. Basic MI concepts and skills to resolve ambivalence and conduct intentional conversations about change will be featured. The MI Individual Coaching opportunity is intended to help build confidence and practical MI knowledge and skills to support and address the behavioral factors impacting client change.
If you have questions, please email the MPATTC Staff at [email protected] or by phone at 775-784-6265 or 866-617-2816 (toll-free).
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