Outline: Motivational Interviewing Foundations Webinar Series

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.