Motivational Interviewing: Decrease Resistance & Increase Buy-in

Description: As clinicians or educators, how many of you have experienced barriers that get in the way of helping clients or students make progress because of resistance from other members of the treatment (or educational) team? Whether the resistance is from parents, peers, professionals, or any other stakeholders, the end result is the same -- the ability to make progress is diminished.

Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based intervention that has demonstrated substantial success in training teachers and caregivers on behavior modification techniques for children with developmental disabilities, changing addictive behaviors in substance users, and medication adherence in patients, among others. In short, motivational interviewing uses change-talk strategies to increase cooperation and decrease resistance.

Presenter: Dr. Monica Gilbert, Psy.D., BCBA-D, LMHC

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Describe the Transtheoretical Model (stages of change) and how it is used alongside Motivational Interviewing
• Describe the key components of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and the context in which MI strategies can be used to remove barriers to effective communication.
• List situations in which MI strategies can be used to resolve conflict and increase buy-in.
• Describe 5 strategies to resolve communication breakdowns using MI strategies.
• Effectively describe the difference between “change talk” and “counterchange talk.”
• Describe how MI strategies can be used in real situations and the resulting benefits.

NOTE: Dr. Glibert's book, How to Stop Talking and Start Communicating with Motivational Interviewing: A Behavior Therapist Guide on How to Effectively Collaborate with Caregivers (paperback) is also available for purchase.

TIMELINE: This course, on its own has a license for active use for 30 days unless it is purchased as part of a bundle/library.

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