Motivational Interviewing for Change for Nurses

Join the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work Alumni Association for Motivational Interviewing for Change for Nurses. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based, health behavior intervention, effective in strengthening patient engagement and motivation in a short amount of time. This 1-day interactive workshop provides participants with conversational skills to improve patient collaboration and follow-through. We will use demonstrations, videos, small group exercises, “real-plays” and role-plays to learn about and apply the MI spirit, skills, processes and strategies.

In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Reduce patient defensiveness and create better conversations/relationships with patients
• Understand why and how patients change and what is holding them back
• Identify how ready for change patients are
• Practice strategies for accessing and increasing patients’ own motivation for behavior change

**Registered nurses attending in-person can earn 6 continuing education contact hours.

***Participants must attend the presentations from 9:00 a.m. until the program ends to receive CEUs.

Admission includes continental breakfast, lunch and refreshments. Parking is free onsite at the West Washington Building.

Presenter:

Mary Beth Abella-Jacks, MSW

Motivational Interviewing (MI) Trainer, Mary Beth Abella-Jacks, MSW, is Co-Principal of Motivational Interviewing for Change and is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, the only professional organization for MI trainers endorsed by the founders of MI. She has trained thousands of health and human Services professionals in MI since 2004 and also served as the MI Consultant/Project Manager of an NIH funded study at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, contributing to the research on clinician behavior and change talk. Some of her trainees include the LAC+USC Maternal Child Adolescent/Adult Center for Infectious Disease and Virology, DaVita Dialysis Dieticians, Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Healthy Living (Southern Region), Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County (CCALAC), Toloosa Children’s Dental Health Center, the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Volunteers of America and many other large and small companies/agencies.

For more information about Mary Beth, please see her website at http://www.miforchange.com/. For more information about MI, visit the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) website at http://www.motivationalinterviewing.org.

Program Highlights:

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.: Introductions and Objectives

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.: Embracing the MI Spirit

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.: Break

10:45 - 12:00 p.m.: Building blocks of MI

12:00 - 12:30 p.m.: Lunch

12:30 - 1:15 p.m.: Demonstration Video

1:15 - 2:15 p.m.: Change Talk

2:15 – 2:30 p.m.: Break

2:30 – 3:00 p.m.: Opening and Educating Strategies

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.: Rolling with Resistance

3:45 – 4:00 p.m.: Putting it All Together