1. MI for YTP Summer Academy 2013

2. Rosalie Dan Heather

3. What MI is NOT A quick fix A set of tools/techniques to use on students The magic bullet for every student Authoritative, prescriptive, or coercive

4. What MI IS A collaborative communication style A quiet, searching process about listening A shift in style and attitude Coming alongside to gently nudge/guide Used to evoke their own sense of why & how they might change

6. What is UP with Youth? O A time of change in the brain O Autonomy and social interaction are key O Social interactions must feel safe or it will feel like a threat O NO ONE IS UNMOTIVATED

7. Have you ever felt……. that the culture in which we work is not always helpful to our students?

9. How do we describe a student? Barriers Strengths

10. Conversations with a student

11. Communication Styles Direct Guide Follow “You need to get a job” “Yes, but I really like my free time” “What do you want for your life” “I want to be independent” Guiding Guiding is suited to helping someone change

13. The Nature of Ambivalence “I like to smoke weed” “I am worried about getting caught” “Yes, but it relaxes me” “I don’t feel like doing anything” “It’s not that bad” “I must make a change” SUSTAIN TALKCHANGE TALK

14. Autonomy Exercise O Pick a topic you are ambivalent about O Find a partner O Talk for 90 seconds about your topic O Listener argues a “side” 60 seconds O Switch O Debrief with the group

15. Style is EVERYTHING Confrontational= Sustain Talk (Denial) Empathic=Change Talk (Motivation) Righting ReflexListening

17. Advice Elicit……..Provide………Elicit

18. You have brains in your head You have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you choose Oh the places you’ll go! - DR. SEUSS

19. Why does MI work? O We are best convinced by our own reasons O We have inside us the strength to make change happen O Students start talking themselves into changing by HOW we draw these out O “Change talk” increases commitment and the likelihood that change will occur

20. Collaboration Acceptance Evocation Compassion MI SPIRIT Absolute Worth Autonomy Accurate Empathy Affirmation Adapted from Motivational Interviewing, 3 rd Ed., Miller & Rollnick, 2012

21. Spirit Collaboration Collaboration (Partnership) “We are going to work together”Acceptance “I value you and am delighted to talk with you”Compassion “I want to understand and respect you and your experience”Evoking “I am going to create a space for you to share yourself and your story with me”

22. Rate my “MI Spirit” 0 = not at all10 = very much Collaboration Acceptance Compassion Evoking

23. How will you know it’s MI? O You are using an empathetic style O There is a target for change O You are evoking the person’s own motivations

24. Four Processes in MI Planning Evoking Focusing Engaging AAdapted from Motivational Interviewing, 3 rd Ed., Miller & Rollnick, 2012

25. Something to ponder………