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...
The Four Processes of MI: Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, and Planning
MI for Change: Motivational Interviewing in ABA & Mental Health
21 minutes
1 month ago
The Four Processes of MI: Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, and Planning
In this episode of MI for Change, we break down the four processes of Motivational Interviewing (MI)—a simple framework that helps structure your client and parent coaching sessions without making them feel rigid or forced. You’ll learn how to: Engage: build trust, rapport, and genuine curiosity with clients and parents.Focus: narrow down goals and use mapping to stay on track while remaining flexible.Evoke: elicit motivation and solutions from clients (instead of doing all the work yourse...
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...
