Description: This multi-day training on Motivational Interviewing (MI) will provide a basic overview of the fundamentals of MI as well as the latest updates. Based on the physics of behavior change, participants will learn assessment and communication skills that foster sustained behavior change by tapping intrinsic motivation. Aside from a didactic approach, there will be video examples, audience participation, and skill practice.
This training is tailored for providers of evidence-based programs such as the National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP), Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME), and Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) program.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize Stages of Change to Assess Readiness to Change
- Identify how Equipoise affects the MI Process
- Demonstrate how Reflective Statements can express Empathy
- Begin to Recognize Resistance Talk, Sustain Talk, and Change Talk
Trainer: John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP®
Location: 7320 Ritchie Hwy, Glen Burnie, MD
Date/Time: Monday, July 11, 2022 through Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 9 AM - 4 PM Eastern Time
Cost: Free
Language: English
Maximum Attendance: 50
Other Info: Please indicate a need for any accommodations during registration.
Continuing Education: Attendees will receive a certificate of completion.
This event has been approved for 13 hours of continuing education credit through the National Association of Social Workers.
Application for CHES (entry-level) / MCHES (advanced-level) Category I continuing education contact hours (CECH) has been made to the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC).
