Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Pre-Implementation Materials
There are no pre-implementation materials to measure organizational or provider readiness for Motivational Interviewing (MI).
Formal Support for Implementation
There is formal support available for implementation of Motivational Interviewing (MI) as listed below:
Melinda Hohman, see contact information at end of entry, has a list of trainers who provide formal support and coaching.
Fidelity Measures
There are fidelity measures for Motivational Interviewing (MI) as listed below:
The Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) is an instrument that yields feedback that can be used to increase clinical skill in the practice of motivational interviewing. The MITI measures how well or how poorly a practitioner is using MI and can be found on https://casaa.unm.edu/download/miti4_2.pdf. Coding resources to measure fidelity can be found at http://casaa.unm.edu/codinginst.html.
Implementation Guides or Manuals
There are implementation guides or manuals for Motivational Interviewing (MI) as listed below:
The Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency (MIA-STEP) package is a collection of tools for mentoring counselors and other clinicians in the use of MI skills during clinical assessments. MIA-STEP was produced by The Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network under a cooperative agreement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). This document can be found at http://www.motivationalinterviewing.org/sites/default/files/mia-step.pdf.
Research on How to Implement the Program
Research has not been conducted on how to implement Motivational Interviewing (MI).