CHW CONNECT: Motivational Interviewing
Date / Time
February 1, 2023
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Categories
CHW Connect: Motivational Interviewing: training provided by Office of Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnerships.
Date and time: 1-3 p.m. Feb. 1
Description: Motivational Interviewing is a course that teaches participants to use active listening skills along with a client-centered and directive approach to helping clients explore and work with their ambivalence about behavior change.
Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize that ambivalence is a normal element in change.
- Understand the relationship between motivation and the interpersonal interaction between the client and practitioner.
- Use active listening skills to engage a client in the change process.
- Apply the spirit, principles and skills of motivational interviewing to helping clients change undesirable behavior.
