JUAD 250 — Motivational Interviewing
This course focuses on Motivational Interviewing (Ml) skills; Ml is an evidence-based practice used in the field of Corrections, as well as counseling settings, to support individual autonomy and elicit an individuals intrinsic motivation for change. Through role-playing and skill-building exercises, participants will learn how to use motivational interviewing skills to break through ambivalence, identify change and sustain talk while reinforcing and supporting behavior change. At the end of the course, participants will be able to explain the concepts of motivational interviewing, engage in this guided conversation process and understand how this style of conversation is used in the criminal justice system.