Beginners Masterclass: Motivational Interviewing to achieve parent "Buy In"
Learn How to Stop Talking and Start Communicating
Learn how to achieve more parent "BUY IN" in your sessions
Motivational Interviewing not only helps you add EXTRA communication TOOLS to your therapist TOOLBOX but it helps you combat the constant stress, weight on your shoulders due to parental non adherence and helps prevent future BURN OUT!
This Masterclass will help you build skills in assessing parents' level of "resistance" and learn to use change talk procedures to successfully decrease discord and increase "buy in" to sessions.
In this 2 hours beginners MI MasterClass (2.0 regular CEU'S), I will present the proven strategies of MI to decrease discord (aka "resistance") and increase cooperation between parents and clinicians. The Transtheoretical model (stages of readiness) which helps identify parent’s level of motivation and considerations that clinicians should have in each stage will also be discussed.

Improve effective communication
Get more "Buy In" with your interventions

Promote behavior change
Empower your patient to achieve favorable behavior change autonomously

Collaborative, goal oriented style of communication
work in collaboration with your patients

Evoke and strengthen motivation
MI differs from the more authoritarian approach

I am always looking for new ways to communicate effectively with caregivers, and am so excited to put some of these MI strategies to use!
Beginners Masterclass: Motivational Interviewing
This program is for BCaBA, BCBA, graduate students, LCSW/LMHC's and licensed psychologists. Who are experiencing difficulties obtaining “buy in” from parents they work with or therapists they work with
When: Immediately upon registration (recorded session)
At the conclusion of the workshop, you will be able to:
- Assess parent's motivation based on the trans-theoretical model and using different proven measures.
- Provide examples of effective change talk strategies to develop and build collaborative relationships with parents.
- Describe motivation using private events.
- Identify traps that can harm clinician-parental relationships.
- Describe key features of effective MI strategies.
- Identify key features necessary for cooperative relationships between caregivers and clinicians.
ABOUT MONICA GILBERT
I’m a Licensed Psychologist, Doctoral level- Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with over 11 years working with families. I am the founder of two private practices; Crystal Minds New Beginning and Crystal Minds Psychological Services. I have mentored and supervised over 50 clinicians during my years of practice and have seen the struggles of miscommunication. I have learned firsthand through my own personal experience how certain communication approaches can either attract or push others away. Which is why I became passionate about integrating Motivational Interviewing (MI) into the Applied Behavior Analysis field.

MANDATORY DISCLAIMER:
The Behavior Analyst Certification Board®️ does not warrant, endorse, sponsor, approve or partner with the CE events, this organization, or instructors. (Note that the above disclaimer does not mean that the BACB disapproves these products. They simply don't endorse or are responsible for any CEU products or events). Crystal Minds New Beginning is an approved Learning CEU provided.