The Great Lakes ATTC and Great Lakes MHTTC offers trainings in Motivational Interviewing Relational Skills, Technical Skills, SBIRT, and Motivational Interviewing Coding and Coaching.
Our training program consists of three levels offered in sequence to ensure that participants master each set of skills before advancing to the next level. This approach empowers participants to apply MI and SBIRT in their practice settings with fidelity.
Level 1: Motivational Interviewing – Relational Skills
In this foundational level, participants delve into the essence of MI, focusing on building rapport and fostering a collaborative relationship with clients. Through interactive workshops, they learn and practice the fundamental relational skills essential for effective MI implementation.
Level 2: Motivational Interviewing – Technical Skills
Building upon the relational groundwork laid in Level 1, participants advance to honing their technical proficiency in MI. Through hands-on exercises and simulations, they acquire the necessary skills to elicit and strengthen motivation for behavior change in clients.
Level 3: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
SBIRT is an evidence-based method for reducing harm and improving outcomes for individuals with substance use disorders. It serves as a cost-effective approach for healthcare and human services professionals to help patients reducing drinking, drug use, and related health and social consequences.
Level 3: Coding and Coaching
While there is a wealth of research supporting the positive impact on outcomes across a range of problem behaviors, a large part of the appeal of MI is its measurability. In Level 3, participants learn to use the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) coding system that measures how well a practitioner is using MI. Feedback from the MITI coding system can be used to increase clinical skillfulness.
NAADAC CEs are available for successful completion of our MI and SBIRT trainings.
For more information about MI/SBIRT training, please contact the Great Lakes Production team at [email protected]
To ensure all participants are adequately prepared for each interactive virtual trainings, we ask that you complete the series in this order.
Learn more about each Level by clicking on the tabs:
Priority registration will be given to Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based collaborative conversational style used to help strengthen an individual's own motivation and commitment to change. In this interactive, skills-based workshop, participants will have the opportunity to learn about and practice the spirit and relational skills of MI.
Note: Participants must complete Motivational Interviewing: Relational Skills (Level 1) to be eligible to attend the subsequent training in the MI series: Motivational Interviewing: Technical Skills (Level 2). Those who fully attend Level 1 will automatically receive an invitation to register to attend Level 2.
TRAINING DATES: you must attend all dates listed below in their entirety to receive CEs.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based collaborative conversational style used to help strengthen an individual's own motivation and commitment to change. In this interactive, skills-based workshop, participants will have the opportunity to learn about and practice the spirit, relational skills, and technical skills of MI.
Note: Participants must complete Motivational Interviewing: Relational Skills (Level 1) to be eligible to attend Motivational Interviewing: Technical Skills (Level 2). Those who fully attend Level 1 will automatically receive an invitation to register to attend Level 2.
TRAINING DATES: you must attend all dates listed below in their entirety to receive CEs.
Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based method for reducing harm and improving outcomes for patients with substance use disorders. This SBIRT training will prepare participants to deliver SBIRT interventions in health care and other settings. In this interactive, instructor-led workshop, you will learn the SBIRT process, practice using SBIRT screening tools, practice administering and interpreting assessments, and understand how to give feedback and make recommendations, including recommendations for treatment.
TRAINING DATES: you must attend all dates listed below in their entirety to receive CEs.
