Participants will be able to: 

K. Explain how MI contributes to a diversity, equity and inclusion approach to child welfare work 
K. Articulate how MI approaches can be meaningfully applied while also making clear agency worries, bottom lines and likely consequences of both changing and sustaining behavior 
K. Briefly describe how service providers are also using MI 
K. Explain simple ways that use of MI can be documented. 
S. Demonstrate MI intentions in roleplay of conversations and structured tasks that need to be accomplished in child welfare, including: partnering, evoking, guiding, expressing empathy, and supporting autonomy and activation 
S. Demonstrate MI skills as support to overall client-centered approach, including: 
exploring ambivalence, strategically responding to sustain talk, fostering change talk, tailoring approach to assessment of readiness for change/types of change talk, circling back to the person’s values, goals and focus, and responding with affirmations 
S. Demonstrate more reflections than questions; reflections that stimulate the person to share in more depth 
S. Demonstrate equipoise, managing their biases and following up on clues about the person's vision, goals, cultural perspectives and solutions
V. Bring to their practice a belief that people can change, and staff can facilitate that by the way they interact with families 
V. Value MI-congruent engagement to continuously strengthen the person’s critical thinking and activation, as well as to make planning S.M.A.R.T.er 
V. Value ongoing learning, including recording and coding, to continue enhancing their MI approaches