Foundations of Motivational Interviewing & Ethical Practice 3/13/26
Date/Time
Time: 8:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Location: LIVESTREAM
Cost: $99.99
Credits: 5 CE Credits
Events open 15 minutes before the hour. Registration ends 30 minutes before the event opens.
This training is part of a 2-day series. You’re welcome to join us for either or both days to earn CE credit. You can also opt for the additional AATBS certification, which you must purchase through their site – a link is available in the ticket section. Register in one place or the other, not both.
Presenter(s)
This training is part of a 2-day series. You’re welcome to join us for either or both days to earn CE credit. You can also opt for the additional AATBS certification, which you must purchase through their site – a link is available in the ticket section.
- Register in one place or the other, not both.
- The AATBS certification is for BOTH DAYS.
- CE-only tickets cannot be exchanged for AATBS certification tickets after the event has ended.
- Certifications through AATBS will not be available in your CEU Creations member profile after the event.
CEU Creations presents:
Foundations of Motivational Interviewing & Ethical Practice 3/13/26
FEATURING:
- Ethical standards and evidence-based practices involved in assessing and treating individuals and families through motivational interviewing
- Rhonda DiNovo, LMSW, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, College of Social Work
EVENT INFO:
8:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
COST:
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:
Social Workers:
ASWB ACE – 3 Clinical and 2 Ethics CE credits
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 5 Contact hours
Psychologists:
APA – 5 CE credits
Counselors: 5 Contact hours including 2 Ethics hours
NBCC ACEP – 5 Contact hours
NY State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 5 Contact hours
Addiction Professionals:
NAADAC – 5 Contact hours
Nurses:
California Board of Registered Nursing – 5 Contact hours
Case Managers:
CCMC – This course is not eligible for CCMC Contact hours.
Long-Term Care Administrators:
This course is not approved for NAB/NCERS participant hours.
Attendance or applied credit certificate available for other credentials.
Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credits.
Counselors: If this course awards Ethics hours, please note that some states do not recognize Ethics hours; in those cases, Contact hours will be awarded.
Target Audience: Social workers, psychologists, counselors, and nurses
Counseling Skill Group:
4. Counseling Services
8. Legal, Ethical and Professional Development
OVERVIEW:
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, evidence-informed approach that helps people explore ambivalence and move toward change. This course introduces MI’s history, spirit, and core processes, and translates ethics into everyday practice. Through demonstrations and guided practice, participants learn reflective listening, OARS skills, and strategies for evoking change talk—while examining bias, culture, and power dynamics that shape client engagement. The session emphasizes self-reflection, self-monitoring, and professional boundaries to align MI practice with prevailing ethical standards.
OBJECTIVES:
By attending this training, you will be able to:
1. Recall the basic terminology and framework of motivational interviewing
2. Examine the meaning of using style and spirit with motivational interviewing techniques
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the motivational interviewing process
4. Discover basic techniques for using motivational interviewing in each process step<
5. Identify and evaluate how biases and diversity influence Motivational Interviewing practice
6. Examine the practice of reflection, self-monitoring and regulation to ensure ethical practice in Motivational Interviewing
AGENDA (all times are Eastern):
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Motivational Interviewing and Ethical Principles
12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. Midway Reset
12:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Motivational Interviewing and Ethical Principles
PRESENTER BIO:
Rhonda DiNovo serves as Clinical Assistant Professor, MSW Program Coordinator, and Coordinator of the Graduate Drug and Addictions Studies Certificate Program in the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina. She teaches students important theoretical and practical approaches in interdisciplinary health and mental health, as well as principles and practices of motivational interviewing and cognitive behavior therapy. Rhonda also serves as Field Supervisor and Director of the West Columbia Outreach Program, a police social work outreach service offered through the West Columbia Police Department that provides brief screening, assessment, and referral to treatment services and community resources to those in mental health and substance use crises. Prior to becoming a full-time faculty member in the College of Social Work, Rhonda served 3 years as Director of Substance Abuse Prevention and Education for the University of South Carolina, and 8 years as Prevention Specialist for adolescents and their families at LRADAC.
COURSE PARTICIPATION INFORMATION:
To ensure you are ready to participate, please review these tips and tricks to ensure a better webinar experience.
This live webinar is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions. A computer or mobile device is required. Zoom account is not required.
You will receive a reminder email approximately 24 hours prior to the start of the training and a link to join the webinar will be in your CEU Creations account under Member Profile.
To receive credit, you must log in on time, attend the entire presentation, and interact.
POST EVENT: When the training ends, your attendance will be processed using Zoom analytics. Once processed, the evaluation link will be available in your account and we ask that you complete it within 3 days of the training. Once your evaluation is complete, your certificate will be available in your CEU Creations account within 24-72 hours.
Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions.
FINE PRINT
SOCIAL WORKERS: CEU Creations, #1239, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/24-11/22/27. Social workers completing this course receive 3 Clinical and 2 Ethics CE credits.
CEU Creations, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0616. This activity is approved for 5 Contact hours.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: 5 CE credits. CEU Creations is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CEU Creations maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
COUNSELORS: 5 Contact hours including 2 Ethics hours 
CEU Creations has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6941. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CEU Creations is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. CEU Creations, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0199. This activity is approved for 5 Contact hours.
ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS: This course has been approved by CEU Creations, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 5 CEs.
NURSES: 5 Contact hours. CEU Creations is an approved provider of nursing CEs through the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number: CEP17905. All states retain their own licensing authority through their own boards. Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure transferability of the CE credits.
Cancellation Policy: Registrants must cancel their registration in their CEU Creations account. No email, faxes, or mail cancellations will be accepted. Cancellation fee: $25. Refunds will not be given for cancellations within five (5) business days prior to the workshop date.
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Event Cancellation and Rescheduling Policy: In the event that CEU Creations cancels or reschedules an event, registered participants will be given the option to receive a full refund, a credit toward a different event of the same value, or to transfer their registration to the rescheduled date.