Alaska School Nurses Association

Family Services Training Center Presents - Introduction to Motivational Interviewing - October 18, 2022

Posted over 2 years ago by Annette Johansen

The Family Services Training Center

Presents

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing

The Family Services Training Center (FSTC) at the UAA Center for Human Development in collaboration with the Alaska Department of Health, Division of Behavioral Health is excited to offer this training opportunity.

This training will introduce the key techniques of Motivational Interviewing. Participants will integrate OARS (open ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries) in their work to motivate clients toward behavior change. The work of Brene Brown inspires the introduction of the training with brief exploration of the art and science of empathy. We will reflect on how to turn conventional casework upside down by challenging our "righting reflex" with motivational Interviewing skills.

Participants will be challenged to ask open-ended questions, give affirmations, and use reflective listening during difficult interactions with people. We will explore how MI can help participants avoid some common conversation traps. Using the Transtheoretical Model, we will discuss how to motivate a person through the stages of change.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss and practice open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summaries 
  • Recognize ambivalence and how to reflect back the discrepancy between a person’s thinking and his/her behaviors.
  • Describe how a person, when changing a behavior, moves through the stages of change.

Date & Time

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

9:30 am - 11:30 am

Register for this Session
We have a new Registration System!

The UAA Center for Human Development is excited to be launching our new Genius registration system! To help you get familiar with this new system, and learn how to create or retrieve your account, please refer to the Genius Registration Walkthrough

1) To enroll in this training, you will need to create an account in the Genius System. See our Genius Walkthrough for instructions.

2) Once you've created your account in Genius, you will be able to enroll in the training

Questions about this Training? Contact Tom McRoberts, tom@alaskachd.org

Having trouble registering? Email henry@alaskachd.org

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The Alaska Training Cooperative (AKTC) is grant funded by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority through the University of Alaska Anchorage, Center for Human Development.

 

UAA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution. 

The University of Alaska is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/titleIXcompliance/nondiscrimination.