Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents and Young Adults (CHES)

CHES Competencies – 9 CHES hours

1.1.2 Identify Priority Populations

1.2.3 Conduct Literature reviews

1.3.3 Identify the social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental factors that impact the health and/or learning processes of the priority populations. 

4.1.8 Adopt or modify existing instruments for collecting data

MCHES Competencies – 8 MCHES hours

2.4.1 Develop an implementation plan inclusive of logic model, work plan, responsible parties, timeline, marketing, and communication.

4.4.2 Compare findings to other evaluations or studies

7.2.4 Plan training, including technical assistance and support. 

Upon successful completion, the users will be able to:

1. Explain what motivational interviewing (MI) is and identify the four key elements. 
2. Discuss adolescent and emerging adult development that influence a person’s acceptance of new ideas and habits.
3. Describe the spirit of MI.
4. Summarize how emphasizing autonomy to a young person is one of the most important skills in MI.
5. Describe how to recognize and respond to counter-change talk and discord—give two examples.
6. Explain how to recognize, reinforce, and elicit change talk.
7. Identify and describe each of the processes of MI.