Motivational Interviewing Training

A professional skilled in Motivational Interviewing (MI) can create an environment that provides youth the opportunity to disclose information about their risk, improve their motivation to change and to seek information on how to do so.

Our MITEY Change: Motivational Interviewing Training for Empowering Youth towards Change workshops marry adolescent development and risk with MI strategies to equip all levels of professionals to positively impact change.

Why MITEY Change?

A professional’s lack of skills and confidence are the biggest barriers to providing effective risk reduction coaching to youth.
Giving information alone is not enough to promote behavior change and often causes more resistance in youth.
Learning how to apply MI in real-world practice requires a hands-on and interactive approach.

What’s included:

Online, interactive learning modules with 8 CE or CME credits. Accessible 24/7, participants complete these modules at their own pace – providing a more robust and effective follow-up workshop experience.
Onsite or live virtual workshop to translate MI knowledge into effective practice. The MI workshops support effective adult learning by providing a dynamic and engaging experience for participants including real life examples, video demonstrations, observations, role plays and group activities that build from the online learning modules.

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Interactive Learning + Personalized Training = Effective Communication

MITEY Change Online Course Components:

Interactive, self-guided skill building modules

Interactive education and skill building on youth development, risk and effective use of MI strategies.
These modules support effective adult learning by providing a dynamic and engaging experience for participants including
- Real life examples
- Video demonstrations
- Activities
- Knowledge and Skill Checks

*includes 8+ continuing education credits: nursing, physician, social work, health educator, teacher

“This training totally changed how I talk with my teen patients. I can already see the difference it is making in their attitudes and what they shate with me!”
– Las Vegas, NV

“I have been through a lot of trainings and this training really blew me away. I believe this was one of the best trainings that I have attended, giving me practical tools to take back and use with teens.”
– Bronx, NY

“The trainers did an excellent job with modeling, teaching, and practicing skills and techniques alongside participants.”
– Flint, MI

After Attending our MI Workshop…

Participants were more confident talking with youth about changing their risky behaviors

Participants rated their skills in counseling youth on changing their risky behavior as more effective

of participants said they would use the motivational interviewing strategies when counseling youth

Parent-focused Trainings

Equip your team with the knowledge, skills and confidence to provide your own parent workshops through our exclusive Teen Speak® Training of Educators, based on our Teen Speak curriculum. Teen Speak provides parents with effective, real-world communication strategies to reduce youth risk factors and build strong family relationships. Teen Speak can be facilitated in many ways to meet the needs of your participants – as workshops, book clubs, lunch and learns, one on one – you choose what works best.

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Our Partners

Continuing Education Credit Information

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Beaumont Health and Risk Prevention Assessment Consulting and Training. Beaumont Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. CHES and SCECH credits are also offered through completion of this course.

Medicine CME: Beaumont Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing CE: Beaumont Health designates this activity for a maximum of 8.0 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Work CE: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Beaumont Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Beaumont Health maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 8.0 continuing education credits.

Meet the Trainers

Dr. Jennifer Salerno

DNP, CPNP, FAANP

Chris Robinson

LMSW

Dr. Lydia McBurrows

DNP, CPNP

Chris Jurasek