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Motivational Interviewing Competency-Based Certificate

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Summary

MI is a well-established, evidence-based communication practice for addressing behavioral change across multiple settings and systems. This 30-hour group-paced certificate is for participants wanting to learn or relearn the knowledge and skills necessary to reach proficiency in the use of Motivational interviewing (MI).

Throughout the certificate course, you will be observing, practicing, and applying the person-centered MI skills of Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, and Planning. At completion, participants will be able to demonstrate the requisite attitudes, knowledge, and skills (competency) in order to practice MI with fidelity and begin the initial integration of MI into their routine practices.

In this group-paced online course, you will...

  • Develop your competencies in MI through 12 hours of highly interactive live online webinars (divided up into four, 3-hour sessions).
  • Participate in partner work, small and large group discussions, and instructor-guided practice.
  • Enhance your learning with 18 hours of independent self-study in the Canvas online course site.
  • Review pre-captured video lectures and workbook readings.
  • Demonstrate your skill development through written assignments and practice recorded simulated client audio samples.

Evaluation of your progress will be measured with knowledge checks, skill observation with individualized fidelity feedback, and a summative competency quiz. Participants who successfully complete all course requirements will earn the noncredit "MI Competency-Based Certificate" (see Overview: Extra Information below for more detail).

This program will be a mix of live online session(s) using the Zoom platform, and self-study in the Canvas online course site. As a learner of this course, you are required to purchase a copy of Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook, Second Edition by David B. Rosengren (2017) by the start of the class. This required textbook is sold by many online vendors. Please look for ISBN number 9781462532063. It is generally available at Guildford Press or Amazon.

Course Schedule

This course includes 18 hours of self-study starting March 1 in the Canvas online course site and ending May 23, 2023. The 4 live sessions will occur on Tuesdays, March 7 & 21, April 11 and May 2, 8:30–11:30 a.m. (CST).

Overview

The literature on what it takes to master the evidence-based and complex communication style of MI is robust and clear. Practitioners need knowledge and skill lessons, practice and most importantly, feedback on how well they are translating the lessons into actual practice. This course is designed to follow the recommendations thus providing participants with the experiences necessary to acquire this valuable skill.

Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe MI purpose, benefits and limitations.
  • Identify key concepts, attitudes, processes, skills and strategies of MI.
  • Describe Engaging tasks and behaviors.
  • Identify MI-consistent attitudes for Engaging.
  • Describe Focusing tasks and apply strategies for agenda setting.
  • Recognize client change talk, sustain talk and discord.
  • Describe Evoking tasks and apply strategies to cultivate change talk and soften sustain talk.
  • Identify MI-consistent attitudes for Focusing and Evoking.
  • Recognize client signals of readiness for Planning.
  • Describe Planning tasks and apply strategies for goal setting and change planning.
  • Identify MI-consistent attitudes for Planning.
  • Design a personal MI competency-based professional development plan.

Level

Beginner

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Overview: Extra Information

The 30-hour online group-paced course includes:

  • Four, 3-hour highly interactive live online webinars (12 hours total)
  • 18 hours of independent self-study in the Canvas online course site

Minimum Course Requirements:

Participants will receive 30 hours of continuing education by meeting the following requirements:

  • Fully participate in all live online webinars
  • View all online course lectures
  • Complete all assignments
  • Complete two simulated client calls
  • Complete three knowledge checks

Competency Certificate

Participants will receive the UW-Madison MI Competency-Based Certificate by meeting the following requirements:

  • Complete minimum course requirements
  • Demonstrate burgeoning (fair) or higher fidelity on the MITI (an evidence-based tool to assess MI competency) on one of two simulated client calls.
  • Score at least 80% or higher on the summative knowledge check.

Your registration fee includes instructor feedback on two samples of simulated client practice sessions.

Earn Continuing Education Hours

By participating in this class you will earn:

Instructional Hours 30
University of Wisconsin Continuing Education Units 3
American Psychological Association - Continuing Education Credit 30
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services - Substance Abuse Counselors - Continuing Education Credit Hours 30
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services - Marriage and Family Therapists - Continuing Education Credit Hours 30
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services - Social Workers - Continuing Education Credit Hours 30
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services - Licensed Professional Counselors 30

Explanation of Continuing Education Hours

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Meet your instructors

Laura Saunders

(MSSW, UW-Madison) is the Great Lakes Addiction, Mental Health and Prevention Technology Transfer Center state coordinator. Her position is housed at UW-Madison where she's worked since 1998. Since 2001, Laura has designed and facilitated more than 300 motivational interviewing trainings in multiple formats. Laura is an experienced coder and has provided feedback and coaching to hundreds of learners. She joined the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 2006 and is an active member of the Wisconsin MINT group.

Adrienne Christine Allen

LCSW

(LCSW, BSW, MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison) has worked in healthcare settings for over 15 years, including long-term care management, health promotion and organizational development. Adrienne has returned to the UW Department of Continuing Studies to complete certificates in Motivational Interviewing, Adult Learning and Training, and the Certified Professional Coach Program. Adrienne joined the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers in 2020. In addition to training numerous healthcare professionals in Motivational Interviewing, she has also participated in peer learning implementation as well as facilitated a coding evaluation and feedback program.  In her free time, she enjoys reading, exercise, travel, music and spending time with family.

Rich Brown

Dr. Richard Brown (MD, MPH) a family physician, was with the Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, from 1990 through 2017 and reached the rank of full professor with tenure.  His academic focus was the primary care management of alcohol and drug disorders and other behavioral risk factors and conditions. After leaving the UW, he served as a senior medical director and director of population health management for ConcertoHealth, which improved outcomes and reduced healthcare costs for dual-eligible and Medicare Advantage patients with an interdisciplinary homecare program. 

Michelle Drapkin

(PhD Rutgers) is a licensed psychologist, who has worked as a trainer and clinician for nearly 20 years. Her prior experience includes serving as National Motivational Enhancement Therapy Training Program Coordinator for the Department of Veterans Affairs. She is currently the Owner/Director of the CBT Center of Central NJ LLC where she sees a limited number of patients in private practice. Michelle has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers for over 15 years. She has conducted MI training in a variety of settings and is an author of an upcoming client-facing book for New Harbinger publications using Motivational Interviewing to support positive behavior change.

Melody Cole

(MS, RDN, CD, CDE, Washington State University) is the Motivational Interviewing (MI) Trainer at University of Wisconsin Health. As an experienced healthcare clinician, Melody has practiced MI with individuals and groups in clinical settings since 2008. For over a decade she has developed and facilitated MI trainings for a variety of learners including healthcare providers, business leaders, and organizations. She became a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of trainers in Berlin, Germany in 2015; and continues to be an active member of the International MI Leadership and Medical groups and Wisconsin MINT community.

Scott Caldwell

(MA, Goddard College) is an motivational interviewing consultant with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Scott works with organizations in health and human services, education, and corrections. Trained in the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity instrument, Scott is an experienced coder and has provided feedback and coaching to hundreds of learners. He joined the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 2008 and is an active member of the Wisconsin MINT group.

Jenny Patterson

(MSSW, APSW, UW-Madison; CPC, iPEC Coaching) is currently a Care Management Education Specialist at My Choice Wisconsin. She has worked in the social work field for 25 years and facilitated MI trainings for social workers and nurses for 5 years. Jenny is an experienced coder, trained in the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity instrument (MITI V4.2.1), providing feedback and coaching to learners. She is also a certified, experienced life coach. Jenny became a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 2020.

Tricia Mosher

(MSW, LCSW, Boston University) has worked in social work fields focused on child welfare, juvenile justice, public service and leadership for over 30 years. Tricia began her consulting business, Tricia Mosher Consulting, Inc., 14 years ago and in that time has worked nationally with a focus on organizational and professional development. Her practice experience and focus is on child, family and community engagement and empowerment-oriented innovation. 

Yasyn Lee

(MD, Ohio State University) is a psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience in office, nursing home and hospital consultation private practice in Dubuque, Iowa. After medical school at The Ohio State University and psychiatry residency training at the University of Minnesota, Motivational Interviewing transformed her care of patients in 2015 when she took courses with Laura Saunders, and better applied the spirit of collaboration, combined with the technical skills of OARS. In 2022, after more study with advanced MI classes, Dr. Lee was accepted to the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) Training of New Trainers. She has retired from medical practice and continues to share her passion for MI as a MINT trainer.