Training substance abuse clinicians in motivational interviewing using live supervision via teleconferencing.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Training through traditional workshops is relatively ineffective for changing counseling practices. Teleconferencing supervision (TCS) was developed to provide remote, live supervision for training motivational interviewing (MI).

Method

Ninety-seven drug treatment counselors completed a 2-day MI workshop and were randomized to live supervision via teleconferencing (TCS; n = 32), standard tape-based supervision (tape; n = 32), or workshop alone (workshop; n = 33). Supervision conditions received 5 weekly supervision sessions at their sites using actors as standard patients. Sessions with clients were rated for MI skill with the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding System pre-workshop and 1, 8, and 20 weeks post-workshop. Mixed-effects linear m

SUBMITTER: Smith JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3365649 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature