Course curriculum

  • 1
    Week 1: Course Overview
    • What to Expect
    • About Your Instructors
    • Assess Your Skills
    • Considering Change
    • Assignment Submission: Behavior change list check-in
    • Week 1: Apply Your Skills
  • 2
    Week 2: The Spirit of MI
    • The Theory Behind MI
    • What have you noticed on the receiving end of discussions about change?
    • The Spirit of MI
    • The Spirit of MI: Assignment Submission - Spirit of MI PACE Video Notes
    • The Spirit of MI Visual Recap
    • The Spirit of MI Applied
    • The Spirit of MI: Assignment submission - Spirit of MI demonstration video notes
    • Week 2: Apply Your Skills
  • 3
    Week 3: Engage
    • An Overview of the 4 Tasks
    • The Engaging Task
    • Engaging: An Example
    • Engaging: Assignment Submission - Engaging Task Video Notes
    • Engaging: Conversational Skills
    • Engaging: Assignment Submission - Reflect and Probe
    • Engaging: Exploring Goals and Values
    • Engaging: Questions About Goals and Values
    • Engaging: The Values Discovery Activity
    • Engaging: A Virtual Values Discovery Activity Platform
    • Engaging: Assignment Submission - Reflections on the Values Discovery Card Activity
    • Week 3: Apply Your Skills
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    Week 4: Focus
    • The Focusing Task
    • Focusing: Assignment Submission - Target Behaviors
    • Focusing: Directing, Guiding, or Following
    • Focusing: An Example
    • Focusing: Assignment Submission - Focusing Video Notes
    • Focusing: The Conversation
    • Focusing: Navigating Discrepancy Between Values and Actions
    • Focusing: Assignment Submission - Questions to Assist in Developing Discrepancy
    • Focusing: Refocusing
    • Focusing: Assignment Submission - Refocusing Video Notes
    • Week 4: Apply Your Skills
  • 5
    Week 5: Evoke, Part 1
    • The Evoking Task
    • Evoking: Assignment Submission: Identify Evoking Questions
    • Evoking: Question Ideas
    • The Evoking Task: Assignment Submission - Your Favorite Evoking Questions
    • Evoking: Reflecting and Summarizing Change Talk
    • Evoking: Can You Spot the Evoking Questions?
    • Evoking: Assignment Submission - Evoking Change Talk Questions from the Video
    • Week 5: Apply Your Skills
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    Week 6: Evoke, Part 2
    • Evoking: More Wisdom on the Importance of Evoking
    • Evoking: The DARN CAT
    • Evoking: Identifying the DARN CAT
    • Evoking: Asking for Change Talk
    • Evoking: Assignment Submission - Asking for Change Talk Video Notes
    • Evoking: Additional Tools for Evoking Change Talk
    • Evoking: Assignment Submission - Types of Evoking Questions
    • Week 6: Apply Your Skills
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    Week 7: Plan, Part 1
    • The Planning Task
    • Planning: Is It Time for Planning?
    • Planning: A Few Useful Tips for Planning
    • Planning: Opening Up the Planning Task
    • Planning: Ask-Offer-Ask
    • Planning: Providing Information
    • Planning: Sample Planning Session
    • Planning: Sample Planning Session NOTES
    • Week 7: Apply Your Skills
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    Week 8: Plan, Part 2
    • Planning: SMART Goals
    • Planning: Questions that Guide Clients Towards SMART Goals
    • Planning: Flushing Out All the Details
    • Planning: Flushing Out All the Details Activity
    • Planning: When your client sets overly ambitious goals
    • Planning: Wrapping up a session
    • Planning: Wrapping up a session NOTES
    • Week 8: Apply Your Skills
  • 9
    Week 9: Open Questions and Affirmations
    • Open-ended Questions
    • Open-ended Questions Quiz
    • Convert Close-ended Question to Open-ended Questions
    • Affirmations
    • Client Strengths to Be On the Lookout For
    • Describe the Strengths of a Good Friend
    • Examples of Affirmations
    • Which is the Affirmation?
    • Identify the Positive Character Strengths
    • Some Final Thoughts on Affirmations
    • Week 9: Apply Your Skills
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    Week 10: Reflections, Part 1
    • Reflective Listening Basics
    • Two Basic Categories of Reflections
    • The Art of Speaking Reflections
    • Sample Video
    • Sample Video Notes
    • Reflections Writing Practice
    • Test Your Knowledge on Reflective Listening
    • Week 10: Apply Your Skills
  • 11
    Week 11: Reflections, Part 2
    • Additional Types of Reflections
    • Types of Reflections Practice
    • Targeted Reflections
    • Target Practice
  • 12
    Week 11: Summaries
    • Summaries
    • Summaries Practice
    • Putting It Together: OARS
    • Week 11: Apply Your Skills
  • 13
    Week 12: Evaluating MI
    • Next Steps On Your MI Journey
    • An Overview of the MIER
    • Counting Up OARS Overview
    • Counting Up Questions
    • Counting Up Affirmations
    • Counting Up Reflections
    • Counting Up Summaries
    • What's Not Coded?
    • MITI Part 5: Behavioral Counts Review Quiz
    • OARS Counts Quiz
    • Completing the MIER Form
    • Week 12: Apply Your Skills
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    Week 13: MI Practice with AI ChatBots
    • Coach an AI ChatBot
    • Coach an AI ChatBot Submission
    • Week 13: Apply Your Skills
  • 15
    Week 14: Catch Up Week
    • Catch Up Week
    • Week 14: Apply Your Skills
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    Week 15: Avoiding "the Traps" and Responding to Discord
    • When You're Hearing Significant Sustain Talk
    • The Traps
    • The Traps Quiz
    • Responding to Discord
    • Responding to Discord Practice
    • Week 15: Apply Your Skills
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    It's the final module, but it's just the beginning!
    • Assess Your MI Knowledge
    • Reflect on Your Personal MI Knowledge and Skills
    • Final Words of Wisdom and Encouragement
    • Certificate of Completion