• Pharmacology
• Intervening with the ATOD Adolescent
• Dual Disorders: Alcohol, Other Drug and Mental Illness
• Substance Abuse Among Older Adults
• Proposal Development and Grant Writing
• Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence
• Brief Intervention/Therapies for Substance Abuse
• Screening and Assessing Adolescents for Substance Use Disorders
• Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders
• Relapse Prevention
• Prevention Basics
• Prevention Principles for Scientifically Defensible Prevention Strategies
• Science-Based ATOD Abuse Prevention
• Prevention and Treatment Among Women
• Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth
• Substance Abuse Treatment with the Criminal Justice Offender

Enhancing Motivation for Change
in Substance Abuse Treatment


Course developed by Pamela Petersen-Baston, CAP, CAPP.

Motivation is not static. It is dynamic. Specifically, motivation is considered to be related to the probability that a person will enter into, continue, and adhere to a specific change strategy. Different motivational interventions can be used at all stages of the change process. This homestudy course informs readers of the research, results, tools, and assessment instruments related to enhancing client motivation. Included in the course is information on:

topics covered

• "Stages of Change" Model
  
  
• Interventions that can enhance clients' motivation (including the FRAMES approach and brief intervention)
  
  
• Motivational interviewing
  
  
• Proven techniques that clinicians can use with people who have not thought of making a change in their behavior
  
  
• Strategies to increase clients' commitment to change by enhancing their decisionmaking capabilities
  
  
• Signals of a client's readiness to act
  
  
• Activities to maintain chosen course of treatment
  
  
• Integrating motivational approaches into existing treatment programs
  
  
• Future research on motivational intervention
  

CEUs: 12

Continuing Education Units available for:

• Substance Abuse Professionals
  Content Area:
  Clinical Evaluation (2 CEUs)
  Counseling (10 CEUs)
• Licensed Clinical Social Workers
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Mental Health Counselors
• Nurses

Contact us at (850) 878-2196 for more information or email us at Carol Hyden at chyden@fadaa.org.