Motivational Interviewing: How To Effectively Collaborate With Caregivers Through Therapist's Guide: Parent Training In Behavior Management

By Wally Habrock

Motivational interviewing is a method professionals can utilize to support families who may be ambivalent or hesitant about support from the child welfare system.

The book is a manual that
-Provides techniques to shape clinicians' communication approach and foster a working alliance with parents, teachers and other professionals working in the field of behavior analysis.
-Explains how Motivational Interviewing (MI) is not just a patient-centered "mumbo jumbo" psychological approach but a patient (or caregiver) focused approach that aims to change behaviors by allowing parents to acknowledge their current needs and then move towards change.
-Reviews current research on Parent Training (PT)
-Outlines barriers to parental involvement
-Discusses adaptive and maladaptive communication styles
-Presents a behavior analytical conceptualization of motivation
-Introduces the concepts of MI and provides examples and exercises to practice the concepts.
-Introduces the transtheoretical model of behavior change
-Reveals a program focused on increasing clinicians' awareness of their communication style with caregivers (and other professionals) and explain ways to modify current interactions to decrease noncooperation in the treatment process.
-From the first chapter to the last, provides interactive "real world" exercises as well as a "MI toolbox" to equip clinicians with communication strategies to help them resolve parental ambivalence and facilitate parental engagement in treatment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08Y4HCDSF
• ISBN13: 9798716999879
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"