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Motivational Interviewing
DOC Central Office - Helena
Instructor(s): Jim Pagels
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Date-Time-Location: DOC Central Office Basement Classroom To Register Contact: This class is a Pre-Requisite for MORRA Training |
Purpose To provide practitioners, who are working with resistive, chemically dependent or criminal populations, with specific knowledge, skills and techniques to more effectively reduce offender resistance, increase offender motivation to change, and reduce individual criminal risk. The specific areas that will be examined are: Effective interventions with this population Human factors related to resistance to change Communication techniques designed to increase motivation “Stages of Change” as it applies in corrections Basic Communication Skills Who should attend: This course is designed for correctional professionals with direct contact with offenders on a regular basis, particularly those with supervisory authority over offenders. |