Interviewing Skills

Course overview

p class=MsoNormal style=margin 0in 0in 0pt text-align justifyspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size smallstrongCourse Description/strong/span/p p class=MsoNormal style=margin 0in 0in 0pt text-align justifyspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size smallThis course is based on a publication by SAMHSA and is available at the National Library of Medicine about motivation and intervention in clinical treatment.&nbsp According to the introduction &ldquoMotivational intervention is broadly defined as any clinical strategy designed to enhance client motivation for change. It can include counseling, client assessment, multiple sessions, or a 30-minute brief intervention. This [course] examines the elements of effective motivational approaches and supporting research. Motivational strategies are then correlated with the stages-of-change model . . . to highlight approaches that are appropriate to specific stages. Recommendations are presented for providing motivational interventions that are responsive and sensitive to differing cultural and diagnostic needs, as well as to different settings and formats. This [course] concludes with a description of an increasingly accepted type of intervention known as a brief intervention, which is /spanusefulspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size small outside of traditional substance abuse treatment settings.&rdquo&nbsp This course serves as an excellent resource for mental health professionals who would like to build or refresh their knowledge about motivational intervention in clinical settings, particularly when brief treatment approaches are necessary.&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp/span/p p class=MsoNormal style=margin 6pt 0in 0.15in text-align justifyspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size smallPsychologists, social workers, mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists&nbspcan benefit from this course. This course may also be helpful for other practitioners, such as midwives and dieticians and nutritionists who may want to use motivational intervention in their clinical work with patients.&nbsp&nbsp This course is appropriate for beginning, intermediate and advanced level practitioners who wish to learn more about enhancing motivation for change and who wish to develop their clinical&nbspskills in this area./span/p p class=MsoNormal style=margin 6pt 0in 0.15in text-align justifyspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size smallstrongAuthor/strong SAMHSA/span/p p class=MsoNormal style=margin 6pt 0in 0.15in text-align justifyspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size smallstrongLearning Objectives&nbsp /strongThis course will provide a professional with an overview of /spanmotivationalspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size small intervention in clinical settings.&nbsp Specifically, a professional will/span/p p class=MsoNormal style=text-indent -0.15in margin 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in text-align justifyspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size small&middot&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Identify the elements of effective motivational approaches./span/p p class=MsoNormal style=text-indent -0.15in margin 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in text-align justifyspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size small&middot&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Determine which motivational strategies are correlated with which stages of change./span/p p class=MsoNormal style=text-indent -0.15in margin 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in text-align justifyspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size small&middot&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Identify the key components of the FRAMES approach and brief intervention./span/p p class=MsoNormal style=margin 0in 0in 0pt text-align justifyspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size smallstrong&nbsp/strong/span/p p class=MsoNormal style=margin 0in 0in 0pt text-align justifyspan style=font-family arial, helvetica, sans-serif font-size smallstrongCit