How to Stop Talking and Start Communicating with Motivational Interviewing: A Behavior Therapist Guide on How to Effectively Collaborate with Caregivers

Reminder: You NEED to watch the entire video before you take the quiz. This is REQUIRED for your Continuing Education Units to be accepted by the Certification Board.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

1. Assess parent’s motivation based on the trans-theoretical model and using different proven measures
2. Provide examples of effective change talk strategies to develop and build collaborative relationships with parents;
3. Conceptualize motivation form an ABA perspective
4. Identify traps that harm clinician-parental relationships;
5. Describe key features of MI
6. Measure change talk vs. counter-change talk
7. Identify key features necessary for building a cooperative relationship between caregivers and clinicians