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Effective Communication/Motivational Strategies in Assessing and Overcoming Resistance to Change [Lesson Plans and Participant's Manual]

Publication year: 2004 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006

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  • 019745

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  • 2004

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Keywords

  • Communication Skills
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Rehabilitation
  • Training In Corrections
ANNOTATION: This 32-hour training program will "provide practitioners, who are working with resistive, chemically dependent or criminal populations, with specific knowledge, skills and techniques to more effectively internalize motivation for change" (p. 1). This course includes eight modules:
  • Introduction to overall course;
  • Offender management;
  • Social learning theory;
  • Overview of "What Works" research;
  • Criminal logic;
  • Introduction to basic communication skills;
  • Why these skills won't work for me or my agency;
  • And advanced techniques in overcoming resistance.
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