Motivational Interviewing Foundations

What You’ll Learn

This course is focused on building an understanding of the spirit of MI and developing core skills, including using OARS (open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries), responding to the way people talk about change, helping people to make Brief Action Plans, and understanding ‘resistance’. The course includes interactive exercises and 1-1 practice and feedback sessions with Motivational Interviewing professionals.

About the Course

Self-paced content: Complete the majority of the coursework at your own pace online.

Practice and Feedback: Engage in 3 x 30-minute sessions with expert trainers to refine your skills.

Ongoing support: For 12 weeks post-course, receive weekly emails with practical resources and skill prompts

Completion time: The course takes approximately 16-18 hours to complete. You will have access to the course for 90 days from the start date.

If you have any questions about the course, feel free to email us at eLearning@centrecmi.ca — we're happy to help. Plus, we offer group discounts, so let us know if you're interested!

Objectives

• Define motivational interviewing (MI).
• Describe the spirit of MI and ways to express it.
• Recognize the difference between three styles of helping interactions.
• Contrast MI consistent and inconsistent practices.
• Discuss listening with an uncluttered mind.
• Describe and demonstrate the core skills for MI (open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries).
• Identify ways to provide information and advice consistent with the spirit of MI.
• Demonstrate ask-offer-ask.
• Recognize change talk and contrast with sustain talk.
• Strategically respond to sustain and change talk.
• Respond to change talk using the core skills for MI.
• Describe the four processes of MI.
• Demonstrate focusing.
• Demonstrate Brief Action Planning.
• Identify contributors to "resistance” and demonstrate MI consistent responses to “resistant patients or complex situations.
• Consider ways to apply skills to practice.