HS 210 - Motivational Interviewing

Admission to a Human Services program. 

Course Description: Designed as the second in a two-course sequence (See HS 155 ) designed to introduce students to intentional interviewing and as a foundation for developing basic counseling skills. Focus will be on developing more intensive counseling skills with significant opportunity for hands-on practice.

Course Learning Outcomes:

• CLO#1: Design and conduct an interview/counseling session to motivate client change through appropriate use of motivational interviewing and stages of change. (ILO: Critical Thinking)
• CLO#2: Demonstrate motivational interviewing.
• CLO#3: Discuss the concept of stages of change.
• CLO#4: Demonstrate use of motivational interviewing as an approach to confrontation and conflict management in working with clients.
• CLO#5: Develop realistic goals, an action plan, and a way to measure collaborating with a client.