Educational Resources
An array of publicly available resources exists for those seeking to deliver Motivational Interviewing in general, which could be adapted to deliver Motivational Interviewing for Opioid Use Disorder.
- Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT): Training Events
- MINT is an international organization of Motivational Interviewer (MI) trainers with the goal of improving the quality and effectiveness of MI sessions. MINT trainers were originally trained by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick, renowned psychologists and co-founders of MI, and represent 40 countries. The MINT website provides resources on the understanding, implementation, research, and training of MI. In addition to a page of public training events, the website has useful pages such as MI Guidance Documents and MI Resources.
- National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), The Association for Addiction Professionals: On Demand Webinars
- The NAADAC website offers two relevant free webinars on MI. First, the free Finding Ambivalence and 10 Other Things About Motivational Interviewing Webinar reviews MI basics, when MI should be used, and MI delivery with other evidence-based approaches. This webinar is designed for clinicians who treat patients with co-occurring disorders. The free Ensuring Fidelity to Motivational Interviewing Among Frontline Service Providers Webinar explores how fidelity to MI has been monitored in real-life scenarios, including the use of practical tools and evaluation processes that increase fidelity when working with patients with substance use disorders. Both webinars offer 1.5 Continuing Education (CE) credits upon completion of the webinar, the CE quiz, and the survey evaluation.
- American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry: Part 1: Using Motivational Interviewing to Discuss Substance Use: Engaging and Focusing and Part 2: Using Motivational Interviewing to Discuss Substance Use: Evoking and Planning
- Part 1 of this free recorded webinar discusses practical strategies to engage with patients, navigate ambivalence, and avoid resistance using MI-SUD. Part 2 focuses on communication strategies to respond to language around change, strengthen intrinsic motivation, and develop a personalized change plan with your patient. For the completion of each course, participants receive 1.5 Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits, 1.5 Social Work (ACE) Credits, or 1.5 Other Professional Credits.
- Society of Clinical Psychology Website: Homestudy Webinar: Motivational Interviewing: Exploring Ambivalence and Behavior Change with Engaging and Evoking (Without CE)
- This webinar focuses on the importance of MI and strategies for engaging and evoking during MI sessions. A version of the webinar that offers CE credit is also available for an additional cost.
- The University of New Mexico - Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions (CASAA): Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Code 4.2
- This webpage includes a Coding Manual for Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI), a tool commonly used to measure fidelity during MI training and performance feedback sessions. It also includes audio files with uncoded and coded MI session transcripts for practice coding with MITI.
- Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network: Motivational Interviewing Webpage
- The Northwest ATTC website offers several MI-SUD Training and Technical Assistance opportunities, as well as online trainings, such as a 6-session virtual workshop series and a 4-hour tour of MI with 4 hours of CE credits available.
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse: Blending Initiative Motivational Interviewing CME/CE and Patient Simulation
- This website provides a CME course as well as patient simulations to provide practical guidance on MI-SUD techniques and real-time testing of these techniques in simulated clinical settings.
- Case Western Reserve University – Center for Evidence-Based Practices: Motivational Interviewing Resources
- This website offers tools produced by the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University, including an MI Reminder Card, a checklist for providers to reflect on their MI skills, and a Readiness Ruler given to patients as a way to guide conversation and rate their motivation to change.
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Motivational Interviewing Training
- This free training course includes an overview of MI and its core components and patient cases to illustrate how MI can be used to encourage behavior change. CE credits are available for course completion.