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SBIRT Motivational Interv.

1) What is motivational interviewing?

Motivational interviewing is a collaborative, person-centered, guiding method designed to elicit and strengthen motivation for change.

2) Why is it an important, best practice skill for social work?

MI is important because it gives a client the ability to identify the thoughts and feelings that motivate unhealthy or unpleasant behaviors. Additionally, it helps the client develop new thought patterns that make changing behaviors easier or even possible.

What is SBIRT and what is the “paradigm shift” discussed in the webinar?

Screening Brief Intervention Referral Treatment

Paradigm Shift is a strategy or basic premise that is fundamentally different.

B) What are OARs and give 2 examples?

Open-Ended Inquiry

Affirmations

Reflections

How can I help you with?

I really appreciate you pick me up today

C) What is the difference between change talk and sustain talk?

Change talk and sustain talk are diametrically opposed. Speaking about changing something is known as "change talk," while maintaining a pattern of behavior without changing it is known as "sustain talk."

D) Can motivational interviewing be used to avoid making assumptions about clients and improve social workers’ cultural competence and cultural humility?

In a variety of settings and with clients of all genders, ages, races, and ethnicities, MI can be used to successfully reduce or eliminate their substance use and other health-risk behaviors.

E) What are harm reduction strategies and why are they important to use when working with clients?

1. Engage and support individual regardless of whether or not they are actively seeking recovery

2. Treat individual as the expert in their life in the leader in the process of reducing harm

3. Acknowledge the positive effect of reducing use

4. Remember that change is not linear

5. Support all pathways to recovery

It is beneficial for social workers to place an emphasis on interacting directly with drug users in order to prevent overdoses and the spread of infectious diseases, enhance the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of those they serve, and provide low-threshold access points for medical care and treatment for substance use disorders.

F) List 5 tools/skills you learned about from the webinar that you can use when working with clients.

• Advanced research skills

• Strong communication skills

• Organizational skills

• Adaptability skills

• Professionalism

G) What is the Sandwich Approach and how is it used when talking with clients?

To elicit permission, what they know or would like to know

Provide information in a judgmental manner

Elicit the person's understanding, reaction