Motivational Interviewing: The Basics for Criminal Justice Systems - December 17, 2024
- Registration Closed
A 6-Hour Training with John Burns, MBA, CRSW & Eileen Doyle, CRSW
8:30am-4:00pm
130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150, Concord, NH 03301
Presentation: This training will discuss an effective approach in the treatment of challenging clients and provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention -- when to use, when not to use Motivational Interviewing. This class will introduce participants to Motivational Interviewing (MI) theory and practice. Participants will learn about the fundamentals of MI including understanding ambivalence, the MI Spirit, and how we can best support others considering change. This workshop will include ample opportunities for topic discussion and practicing reflective listening, developing focus, and recognizing, evoking, and responding to a person’s “change talk”.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Define MI as a counseling style;
- Define the Spirit of MI;
- Define the 4 principles of MI;
- Demonstrate skill with OARS;
- Demonstrate an ability to identify sustain and change talk; and
- Demonstrate at least 2 methods to elicit change talk.
6 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 13 & 16-17
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A)
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
This project was supported by Grant No. <15PBJA-21-GG-04133-DGCT> awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
John Burns
Director
SOS Recovery Community Organization
John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30-hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.
Eileen Doyle
Training Coordinator
SOS Recovery Community Organization
Eileen Doyle, MST, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. She is a member of the international organization, the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. (MINT) and enjoys training MI courses to a variety of audiences including law enforcement, corrections officers, public defenders, recovery court officers, community health workers and peer recovery workers.
Eileen is also committed to training the future and current peer workforce in NH and runs a CRSW Training Series multiple times each year. In addition, as a Certified Journal Facilitator, she also provides Journaling Workshops to incarcerated individuals in Strafford County and recovery support workers throughout NH. Before joining the field of recovery, Eileen was a high school teacher for 23 years in Haverhill, Mass., and a journalist in Lawrence, Mass.
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