Course curriculum

  • 1
    Week 1: Course Overview
    • What to Expect
    • Assess Your Skills
    • Considering Change
    • 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
    • Your Spirit of MI Video Notes
    • The Spirit of MI Applied
    • Your Notes from the Ineffective and Effective Physician
    • Week 2: Apply Your Skills
  • 3
    Week 3: Engage
    • A Quick Recap of the 4 Processes
    • The Engaging Process
    • The Engaging Process: Questions About Goals and Values
    • The Engaging Process: The Values Discovery Activity
    • The Engaging Process: A Virtual Values Discovery Activity Platform
    • The Engaging Process: Reflections on the Values Discovery Card Activity
    • Week 3: Apply Your Skills
  • 4
    Week 4: Focus
    • The Focusing Process
    • The Focusing Process: Target Behaviors
    • The Focusing Process: Directing, Guiding, or Following
    • The Focusing Process: The Conversation
    • The Focusing Process: Navigating Discrepancy Between Values and Actions
    • The Focusing Process: Questions to Assist in Developing Discrepancy
    • The Focusing Process: An Example
    • Engaging and Focusing Video Questions
    • Week 4: Apply Your Skills
  • 5
    Week 5: Evoke, Part 1
    • The Evoking Process, Part 1: The Basics
    • The Evoking Process, Part 1: Can You Identify Evoking Questions?
    • The Evoking Process, Part 1: Question Ideas
    • The Evoking Process, Part 1: Your Favorite Evoking Questions
    • The Evoking Process, Part 1: Reflecting and Summarizing Change Talk
    • The Evoking Process Part 1: Can You Spot the Evoking Questions?
    • The Evoking Process, Part 1: Evoking Change Talk Questions from the Video
    • Week 5: Apply Your Skills
  • 6
    Week 6: Evoke, Part 2
    • The Evoking Process, Part 2: More Wisdom on the Importance of the Evocation Process
    • The Evoking Process, Part 2: The DARN CAT
    • The Evoking Process, Part 2: Identifying the DARN CAT
    • The Evoking Process, Part 2: Asking for the DARN CAT
    • The Evoking Process, Part 2: Reflections on the Zach Evocation Video
    • The Evoking Process, Part 2: Additional Tools for Evoking Change Talk
    • The Evoking Process, Part 2: Types of Evoking Questions Quiz
    • Week 6: Apply Your Skills
  • 7
    Week 7: The Planning Process, Part 1
    • The Planning Process, Part 1: The Basics
    • The Planning Process, Part 1: Is It Time for Planning?
    • The Planning Process, Part 1: A Few Useful Tips for Planning
    • The Planning Process, Part 1: Opening Up the Planning Process
    • The Planning Process, Part 1: Elicit-Provide-Elicit
    • The Planning Process, Part 1: Providing Information
    • The Planning Process, Part 1: Sample Planning Session
    • The Planning Process, Part 1: Sample Planning Session NOTES
    • Week 7: Apply Your Skills
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    Week 8: The Planning Process, Part 2
    • The Planning Process, Part 2: SMART Goals
    • Questions that Guide Clients Towards SMART Goals
    • The Planning Process, Part 2: Flushing Out All the Details
    • The Planning Process, Part 2, Flushing Out All the Details Activity
    • The Planning Process, Part 2: When your client sets overly ambitious goals
    • The Planning Process, Part 2: Wrapping up a session
    • The Planning Process, Part 2: Wrapping up a session NOTES
    • Week 8: Apply Your Skills
  • 9
    Week 9: Open-ended 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
  • 10
    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 10: Apply Your Skills
  • 13
    Week 12: MITI Coding
    • Next Steps On Your MI Journey
    • MITI Coding Basics
    • A MITI Coding Overview
    • MITI Part 1: Volleys and Utterances
    • MITI Part 1: Utterances and Volleys Quiz
    • MITI Part 2: Behavioral Counts - Neutral
    • MITI Part 2: Neutral Behavioral Counts Quiz
    • MITI Part 3: Behavioral Counts - MI Adherent
    • MITI Part 3: MI-Adherent Behavioral Counts Quiz
    • MITI Part 4: Behavioral Counts - MI Non-Adherent
    • MITI Part 4: MI Non-Adherent Behavioral Counts Quiz
    • MITI Part 5: Behavioral Counts Review
    • MITI Part 5: Behavioral Counts Review, Continued
    • MITI Part 5: Behavioral Counts Review Quiz
    • Week 12: Apply Your Skills
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    Week 13: More MITI Coding Practice
    • MITI Part 6: Global Scores - Technical
    • MITI Part 7: Global Scores - Relational
    • MITI Part 7: Global Scores Quiz
    • MITI Part 8: Do the Math
    • MITI Part 9: MITI Review and Practice
    • MITI Part 9: MITI Coding Practice
    • MITI Part 9: MITI Coding Practice Reflection
    • MITI Part 9: MITI Coding Practice Audio File
    • MITI Part 9: MITI Coding Practice Audio File Quiz
    • MITI Part 9: Final MITI Reflection
    • Week 13: Apply Your Skills
  • 15
    Week 14: Catch Up Week
    • Catch Up Week
    • Week 14: Apply Your Skills
  • 16
    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