HSERV 132 - Motivational Interviewing

Credits: 4
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 44
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Introduction to basic terminology and techniques involved in Motivational Interviewing. This is a skill building course for students interested in entering the Human Services profession. Required course for both Human Services degrees (not required for fast track students).

Prerequisite: None.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Elective Requirements: Fulfills Gray Area Electives
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify interviewing strategies appropriate to a client’s gender, disabilities, sexual orientation, developmental level, culture, ethnicity, age, and health status.
Assess a client’s extrinsic and intrinsic motivations for personal change.
Assess a client’s readiness for treatment.
Develop an individualized course of care based on a client’s readiness, willingness, and ability to pursue personal change.
Engage each client in a way that emphasizes the client’s readiness, willingness, and ability to pursue personal change.

Course Contents

Interviewing strategies appropriate to a client’s gender, disabilities, sexual orientation, developmental level, culture, ethnicity, age and health status.
A client’s extrinsic and intrinsic motivations for personal change.
A client’s readiness for treatment.
An individualized course of care based on a client’s readiness, willingness and ability to pursue personal change.
How to establish a way that emphasizes the client’s readiness, willingness and ability to pursue personal change.

Instructional Units: 4