Mastering Motivational Interviewing: Advanced Techniques for Building Client Motivation and Commitment to Growth
Date/Time
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Date: Saturday, 9/14/24 Time: 8:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET Location: LIVE STREAM Cost: Early Bird Registration: $74.99 After August 31st registration is $99.99 Credits: 5 CE Credits |
Presenters
Presented by:
Rhonda DiNovo, LMSW, MSW, ADC-IP, Clinical Assistant Professor, MSW Program Coordinator, College of Social Work – University of South Carolina
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 practice approaches in interdisciplinary health and mental health, as well as principles and practices of motivational interviewing and cognitive behavior therapy. Professor DiNovo 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 crisis. Prior to becoming a full-time faculty member in the College of Social Work, Rhonda served three years as Director of Substance Abuse Prevention and Education for USC and eight years as Prevention Specialist for adolescents and their families at LRADAC. Rhonda was awarded “Professor of the Year” for the College of Social Work at South Carolina by Garnet Media Group in 2024.
Mastering Motivational Interviewing: Advanced Techniques for Building Client Motivation and Commitment to Growth
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. ET: Log In / Virtual Networking
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET: Presentation-See event flyer for detailed agenda
COST:
Early Bird Registration: $74.99
After August 31st registration is $99.99
Plus U Member – Free
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
Case Managers
CCMC – 5 Contact Hours
Nurses
California Board of Registered Nursing – 5 Contact Hours
Counselors(3 Contact and 2 Ethics Hours or 5 Contact Hours)*
NBCC ACEP – 5 Contact Hours
NY State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 5 Contact Hours
*Some states do not recognize/award Ethics Hours for Counselors, in those cases Contact Hours will be awarded.
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.
Overview
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, relationship-centered approach that helps people explore and resolve their ambivalence to strengthen their own motivation, resources, and commitment to change and growth. MI practitioners often encounter resistance and discord when guiding clients through the process from engaging to planning. The Mastering Motivational Interviewing training is designed to equip social workers, case managers, nurses, and counselors who have intermediate knowledge of MI with advanced techniques and practice to enhance their skills in MI. Building upon foundational MI principles, this comprehensive training will delve deeper into the effective strategies of client engagement to gain clarity on direction; resolve ambivalence, resistance, and discord; and elicit and amplify change talk. We will explore the ways we can support and prepare clients for change and guide them to commitment for growth. We will learn ways to effectively use peer feedback and practice self-reflection for continued growth in competency-based MI practice. We will discuss how to integrate MI principles with other therapeutic modalities among diverse populations in a variety of settings.
By Attending Our Workshop, You Will Be Able To:
- Demonstrate engaging the client and appropriately respond to the client’s stage of change, ambivalence, and resistance
- Identify a variety of communication skills to soften client sustainability talk and elicit and amplify change talk.
- Recognize and employ effective strategies for resolving relational discord.
- Distinguish signs of readiness for change planning and offer strategies to assist clients in preparing for change and supporting their commitment for growth.
- Consider peer feedback and practice self-reflection and monitoring for professional growth in MI competency-based practice.
- Develop a plan to integrate MI principles with other evidence-based interventions, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), to enhance client engagement and outcomes in a variety of settings.
Sponsors
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Additional information for each sponsor can be found in the 2024 CEU Creations Supporter Directory that will be provided to each registrant.