Motivational Interviewing (MI) Foundations Webinar Series Outline
This webinar series contains 5 webinars, totaling 17.5 hours:
Webinar 1: 90 minutes
- Introductions
- Tech Test
- Course overview
- Orientation to course page
- MI definitions and evidence
Webinar 2: 4 hours
- Introduction to change talk
- The spirit of MI
- A range of styles for interacting
- MI skills:
- Uncluttered Mind
- Listening
- Open-ended questions
- Affirmations
Webinar 3: 4 hours
- MI Skills continued:
- Reflections
- Summaries
- Ask-Offer-Ask
Webinar 4: 4 hours
- MI Strategies
- Recognizing change talk and sustain talk
- Strategically responding to change talk and sustain talk
- Application
- Intro to the Four Processes of MI
- Recognizing, establishing, and maintaining engagement
- Focusing with agenda setting
- Evoking
- Planning
- Intro to Brief Action Planning
Webinar 5: 4 hours
- Practicing Brief Action Planning
- Difficult situations
- Putting it all together for change
For 12 weeks after the course, learners receive a series of weekly emails with resources and examples, prompting them to practice a specific skill in their interactions that week and then check in with a study partner or team.