Part 2: Motivational Interviewing & Change Talk: Increasing Importance, Confidence, & Readiness to Change
This workshop is designed as a continuation of the Asset-Based Practice Series for anyone who works with challenging youth and their families. In this training, participants will
- explore the role of ambivalence in keeping youth “stuck” in behavior patterns and how to influence this dynamic toward change;
- learn to recognize “change talk” and how to respond to summon even more of it from challenging youth and families;
- learn to employ strategies that will raise both the importance of change and the confidence to change;
- explore key questions which move a youth to begin “commitment to change talk”;
- demonstrate proficient use of the continuum of Motivational Interviewing practice through skill-building exercises;
- explore the interplay between these principles and the Developmental Asset framework;
- examine video examples of real-life interchanges utilizing the techniques they will learn in this interactive session.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Part 1 of the series, Human Motivation, Assets, and Positive Behavior Change.
Who Should Attend: Anyone who has completed the first part of the series.
Length: Two 7-1/2 hour days (includes lunch and breaks).
Materials: Workshop packet “Change Talk: Increasing Importance, Confidence, and Readiness to Change” (duplicated locally for each participant) and electronic copies of “Behavior Change Conditions” and the “Assets and Strength-Based Implementation Guide.”
Questions?
Email: vision@fairpoint.net
Phone: 800-294-4322
Fax: 207-642-6274
Mail: PO Box 338
Gorham, ME 04038
