Discussion

Integrating Motivational Interviewing Into Human Services Organizations

Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational interviewing: Helping people change (3rd ed.). The Guilford Press. Chapter 25, “Applying Motivational Interviewing” (pp. 335–351)
Chapter 26, “Integrating Motivational Interviewing” (pp. 352–366)

U.S. Department of Justice. (2012). Motivational interviewing in corrections: A comprehensive guide to implementing MI in corrections. National Institute of Corrections. https://info.nicic.gov/nicrp/system/files/025556.p...

Integrating Motivational Interviewing Skills Into Human Services Practice

Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational interviewing: Helping people change (3rd ed.). The Guilford Press. Chapter 23, “Experiencing Motivational Interviewing” (pp. 305–321)
Chapter 24, “Learning Motivational Interviewing” (pp. 322–334) 

Motivational Interviewing and Social Change

Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance. (2017). Establishing coaching and motivational interviewing practices in TANF programs. https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/pub...

Simmons, C. A., Howell, K. H., Duke, M. R., & Beck, J. G. (2016). Enhancing the impact of family justice centers via motivational interviewing: An integrated review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 17(5), 532–541. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838015585312

Using Collaborate Ultra for Role Play Assignment

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To Prepare
Review your Course Announcements for possible information related to this week’s Discussion and Assignment.
Review the Learning Resources on integrating motivational interviewing into human services organizations. Think about the conditions, considerations, and strategies for integrating motivational interviewing into different types of human services organizations.
Review the Learning Resources on motivational interviewing and social change. Pay particular attention to the definition of social change. In addition, consider how motivational interviewing has been used to effect positive social change (e.g., improve services for needy families and survivors of intimate partner violence).
Reflect on your current human services organization or one that you would like to work for in the future. Think about how you could integrate motivational interviewing into the organization.
Consider how you could use motivational interviewing to promote positive personal and social change with service users and within your community as a whole.
By Day 4
Now that you have practiced the OARS skills in motivational interviewing, explain how you could integrate motivational interviewing into your current human services organization. If you do not currently work in a human services organization, explain how you could integrate motivational interviewing into an organization where you would like to work. Then, explain how you will apply the skills learned in this course to promote positive personal and social change with your service users and within your community. Be specific and use examples to illustrate your explanation.
By Day 6

Respond to two of your colleagues’ postings by explaining at least one challenge they might encounter when integrating motivational interviewing into an organization or when applying motivational interviewing to promote social change. Explain how they could address that challenge

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Hey Elegant, here are the two students that I need back the response to with in 48 hours below..1 day agoSarah Stein RE: Discussion - Week 10COLLAPSEThe human services agency that I work at is a halfway house for women that specializes in substance use disorder treatment. Our clients come to us often times ambivalent to behaviors that they need to change, and often have low levels of motivation. Using motivational interviewing in this work setting can help to prioritize a client’s behaviors and target them accordingly by using active listening to determine which behaviors the client is most motivated to change (National Institute of Corrections, 2012).The clinical team at my halfway house is trained in conducting motivational interviewing, however, the rest of the staff is not. We have several staff that conduct the intake and initial assessments with new clients, and I believe that the staff would benefit from learning about motivational interviewing and how to implement it. It would also help engagement and retention of clients who experience motivational interviewing at the outset of contact with our program (Miller & Rollnick, 2013).The skills that I have learned throughout this course will help me to promote positive personal changes by helping the clients to find their own motivation for change based on the strengths that they possess. This can be done by using active listening to help build a rapport with the client. The counselor/client relationship is an important part of the motivational interviewing process. Through open-ended questions, I can ask clients to identify goals. I can encourage goal attainment with affirmation. Working this process with the clients helps with social change because they leave this program with the ability to become productive members of society. Most clients who successfully complete this program remain in this area and go on to continue helping other addicts in recovery.ReferencesMiller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational Interviewing Helping People Change. New York: The Guilford Press.National Institute of Corrections. (2012). Motivation Interviewing in Corrections A Comprehensive Guide to Implementing MI in Corrections. Washington, DC: National Institute of Corrections.1 day agoHeidi Marciniak RE: Discussion - Week 10COLLAPSEMain Reply PostI currently work for an agency that provides, education, support, and case management to low income prgenant women and families with children up to the age of five. Motivational interviewing would be an extremely helpful tool to use in our agency. Many families come in as referrals through Children Services and they are quite aprehensive when we first seeing them. Utlizing motivational interviewing during our intake can allow our case workers to identify client need and strengths while empowering self autonomy and eliciting positive change (Miller & Rollnick, 2013). We currently use a few various tools and assessments to identify client need. Motivational interviewing, combined with these other tools and assessments could be extremely effective in identifying need in a more participant friendly and driven manner (Miller & Rollnick, 2013).The skills that I have learned during this course will help me further my practice with utilizing strength based approaches. Utlizing open ended questioning, affirmations, reflections, and summaries will allow the client to share their stories at their own pace and allow me as the professional provide services individually tailored to the service user (National Institute of Corrections, 2012).Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational Interviewing Helping People Change. New York: The Guilford Press.National Institute of Corrections. (2012). Motivation Interviewing in Corrections A Comprehensive Guide to Implementing MI in Corrections. Washington, DC: National Institute of Corrections.REPLY QUOTE EMAIL AUTHOR