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Saturday, February 10, 2007

SAMHSA Announces Availability of Enhancing Motivation for Change InserviceTraining -TIP 35

SAMHSA Announces Availability of Enhancing Motivation for Change InserviceTraining -TIP 35



Excerpt:

"Participants will learn about change theory and motivational strategies, learn to assess clients’ readiness for change, and develop skills for enhancing client motivation.

Between-session exercises help participantspractice new skills and integrate learning into their practices."and: "The trainer’s manual includes eleven 1½- to 2-hour modules and can be delivered on consecutive days or can be offered over several weeks.

Each module includes presentation instructions, PowerPoint slides (that can be copied onto overhead transparencies), homework assignments, and participant handouts. This manual (Treatment Improvement Protocol 35) includes materials for substance abuse treatment supervisors to provide inservice staff training for clinicians and other treatment professionals.

This inservice training is particularly useful for new counselors or for clinicians who are unfamiliarwith the basic concepts of motivational enhancement. Participants will learn about change theory and motivational strategies, learn to assess clients’readiness for change, and develop skills for enhancing client motivation. Between-session exercises help participants practice new skills and integrate learning into their practices.

The trainer’s manual includes eleven 1½- to 2-hour modules and can be delivered on consecutive days or can be offered over several weeks. Each module includes presentation instructions, PowerPoint slides (that can be copied onto overhead transparencies), homework assignments, and participant handouts. The training approach includes presentation, discussion, group or partnered practice exercises, and between-session assignments to enhance participants’ learning.

To order your FREE copy of the Enhancing Motivation for Change Inservice
Drug Information (NCADI). Ask for publication order number PHD1135.

View this publication at:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid\u003dhstat5.chapter.61302

Phone: 800-729-6686 or 240-221-4017 800-487-4889 (TDD hearing impaired) 877-767-8432 (toll free) Hablamos EspañolWeb: www.ncadi.samhsa.gov


TAP 28 (The National Rural Alcohol and Drug Abuse Network Awards for Excellence, 2004—Submitted and Award-Winning Papers) is also available online at www.kap.samhsa.gov."

Contrbutor: Don Phillips
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