Workshops in Halifax, St. John's and Moncton
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Paul Burke Training and Consulting Group
Motivational Interviewing
is a way of communicating......It's all about what we do, and It's all about the way we do it
Foundation Concepts and Skills in MI
Introductory Level MI Courses
The MI approach helps clients
to strengthen client motivation for making specific
health-behaviour changes. It is heavily influenced by the client-centered tradition of helping. MI combines the strategic component of guiding and involves asking, listening, evoking and informing. It helps clients to engage in active change plans. MI does not "implant" motivation. Instead, it serves to create a safe and easy space for motivation to grow. In a similar way, this workshop involves asking, listening, evoking and informing to help plant the seeds that take root to create the foundation for skill development with MI!
This 3-day workshop provides an excellent mix of education and opportunities for skill practice so as to maximize learning-transfer to workplace applications. It often serves as the foundation for the process by which people learn how to learn to apply MI. To accomplish that, our experience is that learners need to:
1. Know about MI (Undertsand the underlying principles, practices, and concepts)
2. Practice with MI (experiment, obtain feedback, make adjustments and fine tune)
3. Consolidate and Integrate MI into their daily work ("Get" MI)
MI Aerobics
This three-day workshop leaves those with a previous background in this approach feeling like they have stretched every M.I. muscle in their repertoire! We begin with a brief overview of the spirit and intent of Motivational Interviewing, and a recap of the Transtheoretical Model of Change. Then, a menu of options is provided, from which participants can choose up to 8 "workout sessions" (approximately 1 hour each) to enhance various interviewing competencies.
Course Outline:
- Supervised practice sessions (in pairs or triads)
- Video-tape peer-review sessions
- Small group discussion based on video demo’s by Dr. Miller and others
- "Fish bowl" demonstrations by the instructor
- "Practical mistake-making sessions"
- Preparation for real-life applications when you get yourself into a "trap"
- Case conferences of actual client scenarios where counsellors or clients feel "stuck" (confidentiality guidelines provided prior to course)
- Issues in the application of MI approaches to group work
- Incorporating M.I. into "Family/Employer Intervention Training"
There’s lots of room for fun, experimentation, and wild mistake-making in this jam-packed three days! MI Aerobics is a safe place to learn why counselling is called a "practice" and not a "perfect"!
(Self-Assessment of MI Skills Using MITI 3.1)
This is the workshop where the "lightbulb moments" occur for many participants. It is a fun place to discover what's working well for you and what can be fine-tuned . You'll discover great ideas for how to enhance your MI performance and to keep learning - from every client you see!
Sometimes, when workshop participants return to their workplaces after a training session, they wonder "is what I am now doing really MI? Some ask themselves "how would I know if I was doing "real MI" as opposed to just good reflective listening, or sound basic counselling practice?"More importantly, those who want to obtain real competency in the MI approach will ask themselves "What behaviours do I need to "tweak" in order to get better outcomes with my clients? How can I develop more fidelity with the standards for competent use of MI?"
We all know that nobody can't learn to modify their behaviour, including counselling behaviour, without good quality, accurate feedback. Still. sometimes obtaining that kind of feedback can be a little intimidating, if not downright scarey! The question becomes how to obtain feedback which is devoid of judgement, evaluation, and criticism, in a way that will inform better adherence to MI skill - and that will allow for some fun in the process.
In this 3-day workshop, you will learn how to use a standardized "coding" instrument (the MITI 3.1 Coding Template) to assess the degree of match between what you are doing when you are "doing MI" - and what "real MI" invloves. There is plenty of opportunity for fun ways of finding traps, pitfalls, and quirky habits that get in the way of better MI practice. At the conclusion of the 3-days, you will also have a practical, individualized self-directed learning plan in your hands for how you could optimize your MI performance.
When Particpants Supply The Pieces (Effective Presentations)
Not all professional helping occurs in the context of individual interviews. Often, helping interventions are delivered in group presentations and psycho-eductional workshops. In such cases, the question becomes "how can we provide information, advice, and enhance motivation and still maintain the spirit of collaboration, support for client autonomy and evocation and avoid "installing" information into clients - before they are ready, willing and able to receive it?
We have been asked, many times, how best to present information and "material" to clients in a way that enhances motivation for change - or - at the very least - isn't a complete "turn-off"! Paul has facilitated workshops and information sessions for well over 5000 people and has a wealth of knowledge and skill related to how to make client presentationsuseful, productive, creative, fun, and impactful. His presentations are consistently rated as "excellent" by participants all across Canada, and he often presents to rave reviews at conferences and other large gatherings. The success of Paul's teaching is due, in large part, to the fact that people WANT to take his courses. They look forward to them - for reasons that need not be a secret! This custom designed, agency-tailored workshop is designed to allow participants to understand and practice:
1. how to "build" a presentation or a sequence of related presentations
2. how to present with an emphasis on engendering the spirit and principles of Motivational Interviewing "habits" as they apply to making effective presentations
3. how to assess and enhance readiness, willingness and ability-to-learn in clients who will be attending information presentations
4. how to address diverse groups whose membership contains people in varius stages of change and readiness
4. how to measure outcomes related to group presentations
5. how and when to add "snap, crackle and pop" to presentations (and when to hold back)
A Workshop In MI Practices for Para-Professionals
Supervision of New MI Learners
Teach a learner how to fish and you help them become proficient. But help them to become a fish - to think like a fish, to swim like a fish, and to understand what it is like to BE a fish - and they move from proficiency to competency! Mentoring and peer coaching in the process of learning MI helps learners swim in a whole different league than those who have only been "trained? Our curriculum design and instructional development team specializes in designing learning systems for organizations that want to maintain and continually improve their practice of Motivational Interviewing. The result is a self-sustaining program of learning and performance coaching facilitated by your own people.
This 2-day course helps supervisors to ensure the "vision" component of supervision stays true to the goals, mandate, and focus of your organization – while supporting a work team that produces high-quality and measurable results.
Coding MI Interviews
Coding and 45 minute follow-up coaching sessions for MI learners now available!
Ongoing training and updates for newer trainers
We Serve All Of Canada- Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast!
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