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Accepted Trusted Listened Believed Motivational Interviewing Overview Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, personcentered communication style that strengthens a person’s internal motivation and commitment to make behavior changes and reach their goals. MI is an evidence-based, effective strategy to enhance communication including workplace and stakeholder relations as well as improving family communication. Motivational interviewing is centered on communicating effectively with others in a meaningful, nonjudgmental and accepting manner by building rapport and creating a mutually respectful and collaborating relationship. The communication exchange consists of foundational skills of OARS: Open-ended questions, Affirmation, Reflective listening and Summarizing statements, all while maintaining the spirit of MI. The spirit of motivational interviewing is essential. The spirit acronym is ACCE; Autonomy (every person has the right to decide what’s best for them), Collaboration (it’s a two-way relationship), Compassion (belief in the wellbeing of another human being) and Evocation (eliciting from the other persons the changes being made). The spirit is the calm, reassuring friendly affect. Here is an example of the spirit of MI. Think about someone who made a profound difference in your life; who is your all-time favorite person? It may have been a teacher, coach, parent, grandparent, relative or a friend. What qualities and characteristics made him or her your favorite person? Your list may include: they accepted you unconditionally; they wanted what was best for you; you trusted them; they cared about your wellbeing; they listened to you when you went through a difficult life experience; you knew unequivocally that they were in your corner; or they believed in you when no one else did. Take a moment and reflect on the way your favorite person made you feel. That feeling is what having the spirit of MI is like. Motivational Interviewing provides strategies that make communication purposeful. MI provides a comfortable and collaborative experience for engagement with a goal of eliciting change. Motivational Interviewing can be learned in a variety of ways; from a 1-hour overview to a two- or three-day skill-base training. To become proficient in MI, it takes practice. “Motivation can be understood not as something that one has, but as something that one does. It involves recognizing a problem, searching for a way to change, and then beginning and sticking with that change strategy,” (Miller and Rollnick, 2002). n BRIDGETTE FRANKLIN MA, PHR, SHRM-CP Bridgette Franklin, MA, PHR, SHRM-CP owns a Motivational Interviewing Training and Consultation business and is a member of MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers) - International. In 2016, she was selected to attend UCLA as one of ten MI practitioners from the U.S and Puerto Rico to participate in the first “Motivational Interviewing in a Group Setting” training for trainers. Franklin has trained practitioners to be MI trainers for agencies across Kansas. She is currently working on her doctorate degree in organizational leadership. Bridgette can be reached by email: franklinbiz@msn.com. REFERENCE Miller, W. & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press. Miller, W. & Rollnick, S. (2002). Motivational Interviewing, 2nd Edition: Preparing People for Change, New York, NY: The Guilford Press. 18 Kansas Child A Publication of Child Care Aware ® of Kansas
Choosing Empathy I confess I have not always been a fan of empathy. I felt few deserved the effort involved with “walking a mile in their shoes.” Plus, I was afraid to STEFANIE OLSON take on the problems and heartache of Research Project Specialist, others and end up miserable myself. I KU’s Center for Public thought the safer ground of giving Partnerships and Research sympathy, holding one at arm’s length while wishing them well, Stefanie Olson works at KU’s Center for was just fine. Even sympathy I Public Partnerships and Research. She is the doled out sparingly, preferring coordinator and a trainer for the Lemonade to assign blame. for Life program. Lemonade for Life teaches helping professionals to use the ACEs My journey toward a life questionnaire as a tool to promote healing lived with empathy began from trauma while using hope and resilience with my daughters’ baptism. to build a bright future. Baptism at our local UCC church included an oath to “see in your child’s face all the children of the world.” I felt this was a pretty tall order. Surely I was not expected to love all kids as much as I loved my girls. Sympathy would do. I could think good thoughts for those other children but keep my heart and energy saved for MY girls. So I pledged with a false heart. Over time I heard many other parents make this same promise, and these words began to worm their way into my psyche. Continued on page 21 www.ks.childcareaware.org Kansas Child 19
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