Motivational Interviewing Training for Empowering Youth (MITEY) Online Course

Motivational Interviewing Training for Empowering Youth (MITEY) towards Change provides education and resources to enhance a professional’s knowledge, skills and confidence in using Motivational Interviewing (MI) strategies to provide effective and efficient youth risk coaching.

Skill Building with the MITEY Change Online Course

• Interactive self-guided skills building modules on youth development, risk, and effective use of MI strategies.
• Accessible 24/7 these modules support adult learning by providing a dynamic and engaging experience for participants including
  • Real life examples.
  • Video demonstrations.
  • Activities.
  • Knowledge and skill checks.

MITEY Change Meets Your Needs to:

Support Staff: to feel more equipped and confident in uncovering youth motivation and guiding them towards change.

Standardize youth risk reduction and coaching services.

Meet Requirements for professional development by providing options that best fit your staff needs.

Provide year-round, on demand staff training.

Data from participants across the U.S. show a statistically significant increase in their confidence and skills necessary to apply MI strategies in real-world practice with youth.

“88% of participants had significant improvements in their confidence and 60% had significant improvement in their skills in using MI strategies to provide youth risk reduction coaching.”

Completing the MITEY Change online course:

After completing the MITEY Change online course, participants will be able to:

• Identify youth risks & strengths and their impact on health outcomes.
• Understand personal comfort levels and barriers to effective communication.
• Identify motivational interviewing strategies to promote positive change specific to youth developmental milestones and stages of behavior change.
• Recognize how to apply motivational interviewing strategies into youth interactions.
• Identify motivational interviewing strategies that can be used to overcome youth resistance.
• Demonstrate effective use of motivational interviewing strategies.

Course Curriculum consists of 13 Modules and a Wrap Up: Review the Course Curriculum (PDF)

MITEY is a one-year course subscription and is typically completed in 5-6 hours. 8 continuing education credits are available upon completion: Nurse, physician, social work, health educator (CHES), teacher. MITEY also provides a certificate upon completion.

Note: Once you place your order you will be provided a course code and directed to the Possibilities for Change website to access MITEY.