Motivational Interviewing for Peer Recovery Support Specialist and Community Health Workers: Increasing Change Through Conversation: SELF-PACED ONLINE

This 90-minute training is intended to strengthen the conversational skills of behavioral health community health workers and peer recovery support specialists using the evidence-based practices in the use of Motivational Interviewing. Community health workers and peer recovery support specialists serve an important part in the continuum of care and are often on the front lines in providing understanding and support for individuals experiencing mental health and substance use disorders. This session will review the basic components of Motivational Interviewing, focus on helpful tools and resources to enhance conversations about change, and to address the central component of change – ambivalence.  

GOAL: Strengthen the skills of community health workers and peer recovery support specialists in the use of Motivational Interviewing

Objectives:

o   Review the basic components of Motivational Interviewing

o   Identify strategies to reduce uncertainty to change

o   Summarize three helpful tools to engage participants in change conversations

Presenter: Kate Speck, PhD MAC LADC, Senior Research Manager, University of Nebraska, Public Policy Center – On Call

Kate has 40 years’ experience as an educator/trainer in behavioral health, addictions, co-occurring disorders, prevention/intervention, suicide prevention, and pregnant/parenting women. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2000 and has provided training and technical assistance nationally in the use of Motivational Interviewing since 1997.

Continuing Education Units: 1.5 CEUs

This training is approved for continuing education units by the boards listed here, as well as the Nevada Certification Board for PRSS(-S) and CHW.

*CASAT has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6492. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CASAT is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

*This course has been approved by CASAT, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 1.5 CEUs. NAADAC Provider #98165. CASAT is responsible for all aspects of its programming.

*This course applies to the following Counselor Skill Groups as defined by NAADAC: Treatment Plan, Counseling Services, Documentation, Case Management, Discharge and Continuing Care.

*Presentation materials are not for reproduction or distribution without specific written authorization. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in our courses are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of CASAT.

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