Are you frustrated with your attempts to motivate patients to change harmful behavior?
Tired of arguing the same points over and over? Change can be very difficult, especially
those related to serious health issues such as obesity, nutrition and medication
compliance. Would you like to discover a new way to motivate your patients?
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an approach designed to facilitate resolution of
issues that inhibit positive behavior change by actively engaging the patient in the
process. In this seminar, you will learn and be able to demonstrate the four key
strategies of motivational interviewing. You will develop an understanding of the
collaborative, supportive and non-judgmental spirit of MI.
WHERE:
The Children’s Hospital
Mount Oxford Auditorium (2nd floor of hospital)
13123 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
WHEN:
Thursday, August 21st, 2008, 9-3pm
Friday, August 22nd, 2008, 9-3pm
(Lunch will be provided on both days)
*10 CEU hours will be earned
WHO IS THE PRESENTER:
Kathleen Garrett, M.A., N.C.C., MINT, a member of the internationally recognized
Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), will be presenting this 2-day
seminar which will forever change how you interact with your patients and increase your
patients’ success rates! Ms. Garrett has extensive experience with telephone-based
intervention studies in behavioral science and cancer control. She has served as CoInvestigator on eight NIH funded randomized studies testing the efficacy of telephone
counseling in improving quality of life for cancer survivors and promoting healthy
lifestyles in populations at risk for cancer and other chronic illnesses. Several of
these studies evaluated innovative MI telephone counseling interventions that were
developed and supervised by Ms. Garrett. She has conducted numerous MI trainings and
workshops in areas as diverse as cancer prevention, diabetes management, community
health, and psychiatry. She currently serves as faculty with expertise in MI for the
Center for African American Health of the Metro Black Church Initiative in Denver
Colorado and the Colorado state funded Patient Navigator and Community Health Worker
Training Initiative.
**Support for Kathleen Garrett, MA, was provided by the Pediatric Nutrition Practice
Group of the American Dietetic Association.
Jeanice Hansen, MSW, LCSW, is a seasoned medical Social Worker who received her
Motivational Interviewing (MI) training from internationally known MI researcher and
trainer, Steven Malcolm Berg-Smith, MS. She has provided training sessions on this
method of communication to Community Health Workers, Patient Navigators and Oncology
Social Workers with audiences of 10 to 250. She has continued to improve her training
skills with the guidance and support of Kathie Garrett, MA by assisting Kathie with
additional MI training programs in the Denver area.
Training Goal and Objectives:
Goal of Training: The primary goal of this training is to present an introduction to
Motivational Interviewing (MI) and conduct a basic skills building workshop for clinical
staff. This training will demonstrate and teach MI philosophy, key principles and
techniques for enhancing client behavioral change in a clinical setting.
Process: Highly interactive; includes use of basic information, participant experience,
modeling, and role-playing
Training Handbook: Participant (reference material describing tools, applications and
references)
Participants in this training will:
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Understand the collaborative, supportive and non-judgmental spirit of MI
Learn the basic principles underlying the efficacy of MI in health care settings
Learn and Demonstrate four key MI strategies (OARS):
Open-Ended Questions
Affirmations
Reflective Listening
Summary
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change
Learn and demonstrate combinations of MI strategies to build motivation.
Recognize change talk and how to respond to it (and to summon more)
Learn and demonstrate the use of MI techniques strategically used to increase
talk
- Values Exploration
- Importance and Confidence Rulers
- Decisional Balance Worksheets (pros and cons)
- Evocative Questions
o Recognize resistance and how to minimize it
o Learn and demonstrate the use of a variety of reflective listening to decrease
resistance
o Learn when and how to shift from motivation building to action.
o Learn and demonstrate ways to facilitate the creation of a change plan
o Learn and demonstrate ways to enhance commitment to a change plan
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Apply MI knowledge and strategies specifically to behavioral goals of relevance
to the defined patient population.
REGISTRATION FORM:
First Name_____________________Last Name_______________________________
Member/Registration ID#___________Email address_________________________
Daytime Phone__________________Evening Phone________________________
Company/Organization (if applicable)____________________________________
CONFERENCE FEES: (Attendees will receive 10 CEU hours)
Price: ADA members $60
Non-ADA members $80
PAYMENT:
Please make checks out to Colorado Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group (CO PNPG).
Please MAIL (checks only) registration to:
Elizabeth Bravman
3009 Irving Street
Denver, CO 80211
QUESTIONS:
Please email Annie Sasseville, RD, CNSD at Sasseville.Annie@tchden.org or call 303-4654042.
NOTES:
**Please visit www.thechildrenshospital.org for directions to TCH main campus in Aurora,
Colorado. Please note the Children’s Hospital has moved from their former downtown
location.