MONDAY, JULY 24, 2023

3:00pm - 5:00pm PT
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Workshop 1 of 2 in the "Motivational Interviewing in July, for the School Mental Health Workforce" Series (view series page for full details, including priming resources)

Motivational Interviewing in July,
for the School Mental Health Workforce

Workshop 1: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Motivational Interviewing as School Mental Providers
Thinking Through How to Integrate Interventions
 

Monday, July 24, 2023 ● 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Motivational interviewing and standard versions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy are powerful and effective strategies to help students and their families realize change. Although both are very effective, practitioners are often challenged by the decision to use one intervention for a variety of school-based social and emotional issues. In this session, we will consider when to use common MI and CBT interventions based on the stages of change being experienced by the student. We will also explore which MI and CBT interventions overlap, which have specific applications, and which MI and CBT interventions we can apply flexibly to a number of common school-based challenges.

After attending this workshop, school mental health providers and professionals will be able to:

• Identify at least four common factors shared between motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy.
• Create a collaborative treatment/change plan with students and parents that contains at least three change targets that can be addressed using motivational interviewing or cognitive behavioral therapy.
• Practice applying at least three motivational interviewing and/or cognitive behavioral interventions based on a student’s or parent’s identified concerns and stage of change for each concern.
• Construct a plan to use integrated motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral interventions for at least one student/parent.

Other workshops in this series:

Workshop 2: Developmentally Responsive Motivational Interviewing for School Based Providers
Having Strategic Conversations About Change with Young People and their Caregivers

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 ● 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a well-researched and broadly applied practice that enables us to have conversations about change with diverse individuals. Practitioners use MI with adolescents, young adults, and parents to successfully support their values and guide them toward their own desired change targets. In this session, we will discuss research-based MI interventions for youth and specific strategies to reduce resistance and engage young people in conversations about and movement toward personally meaningful change.

After attending this workshop, school mental health providers and professionals will be able to:

• Determine the at least one type of motivation-based intervention appropriate for children, adolescents/young adults, and parents.
• Construct at least one values-based intervention to help guide adolescent and young adults toward change targets.
• Practice two interventions to reduce resistance and support autonomy of youth engaged in conversations about change.
• Design one conversation about change intended to support and guide parents of youth involved in change.

While each session is standalone, we highly recommend you attend both! Join us for "MI in July" this summer!

WHO IS THIS SERIES FOR?

All sessions are open to anyone (mental health or school mental health professionals including counselors, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, peer supporters, alcohol and drug counselors, mental health program administrators, MDs, nurses, and other allied health professionals) but please note that the content is focused on school mental health contexts.

We are open to all participants; our priority service areas are SAMHSA Region 9 states and territories, including: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and U.S. Pacific Islands of American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.

4 CEUs are available through full participation (you must attend both workshop sessions to access the CEs)