Motivational Interviewing for Peer Recovery Support Specialist and Community Health Workers: Increasing Change Through Conversation

Motivational Interviewing for Peer Recovery Support Specialist and Community Health Workers: Increasing Change Through Conversation is organized by Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT) Learning.

Starts Date: 01 Jan, 2025
Expires Date: 31 Dec, 2029

Description:
This 90-minute training is intended to strengthen the conversational skills of behavioral health community health workers and peer recovery support specialists using the evidence-based practices in the use of Motivational Interviewing. Community health workers and peer recovery support specialists serve an important part in the continuum of care and are often on the front lines in providing understanding and support for individuals experiencing mental health and substance use disorders. This session will review the basic components of Motivational Interviewing, focus on helpful tools and resources to enhance conversations about change, and to address the central component of change – ambivalence.  

GOAL: Strengthen the skills of community health workers and peer recovery support specialists in the use of Motivational Interviewing

Objectives:

• Review the basic components of Motivational Interviewing
• Identify strategies to reduce uncertainty to change
• Summarize three helpful tools to engage participants in change conversations