**Lunch will be provided**
**Free Parking in the Garage**
Motivational Intrviewing (MI): Skills to Help Families Change Behavior (4 CE credits)
Provides participants with an overview of Motivational Interviewing, an evidence based communication style that encourages behavior change. This training will briefly discuss the use of Motivational Interviewing in healthcare and more specifically the use of Motivational Interviewing in Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment. After training, participants will recognize the components of the spirit of MI and utilize MI skills, such as open questions, affirmations, reflections and summaries. Participants will gain an understanding of change talk and role it plays in changing behaviors.