MI for Change: Motivational Interviewing in ABA & Mental Health
Monica Gilbert
12 episodes
1 day ago
Working with schools can be one of the most rewarding — and most challenging — parts of our job. 🍎 In this episode of MI for Change, Dr. Monica Gilbert explores how to use Motivational Interviewing (MI) strategies to improve collaboration and communication with teachers, paraprofessionals, and school teams. So often, behavior analysts or therapists walk into a classroom eager to help, only to be met with resistance — a look, a shrug, or a polite “we’ve tried that before.” But wit...
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Working with schools can be one of the most rewarding — and most challenging — parts of our job. 🍎 In this episode of MI for Change, Dr. Monica Gilbert explores how to use Motivational Interviewing (MI) strategies to improve collaboration and communication with teachers, paraprofessionals, and school teams. So often, behavior analysts or therapists walk into a classroom eager to help, only to be met with resistance — a look, a shrug, or a polite “we’ve tried that before.” But wit...
Change Talk vs. Sustain Talk: How to Evoke Motivation with DARNCAT
MI for Change: Motivational Interviewing in ABA & Mental Health
14 minutes
1 month ago
Change Talk vs. Sustain Talk: How to Evoke Motivation with DARNCAT
In this episode of MI for Change, we zero in on the core aim of Motivational Interviewing: eliciting change talk—and distinguishing it from sustain talk (arguments for the status quo). You’ll learn: What counts as change talk (vocalizations toward change) vs. sustain talk (arguments against change). How to categorize change talk with DARNCAT: Desire • Ability • Reason • Need • Commitment • Action • Taking Steps. A practical differential attention approach: reinforce change talk, acknowled...
MI for Change: Motivational Interviewing in ABA & Mental Health
Working with schools can be one of the most rewarding — and most challenging — parts of our job. 🍎 In this episode of MI for Change, Dr. Monica Gilbert explores how to use Motivational Interviewing (MI) strategies to improve collaboration and communication with teachers, paraprofessionals, and school teams. So often, behavior analysts or therapists walk into a classroom eager to help, only to be met with resistance — a look, a shrug, or a polite “we’ve tried that before.” But wit...
