The Game Plan
    ▪ Background of Motivational 
     Interviewing (MI)
    ▪ Learning & Behavior Change
    ▪ MI for Campus Police
    ▪ Skills and Techniques
    ▪ Summary & Reflection
    Objectives
    ▪ Fundamental principles of 
    motivational interviewing
    ▪ The skills and techniques of 
    motivational interviewing 
    ▪ The application of motivational 
    interviewing by college police
    What is Motivational 
    Interviewing
    ▪ “A person centered form of guiding to 
     elicit and strengthen motivation for 
     change.” (Miller and Rollnick, 2002)
    ▪ It is a way of talking to people that 
     builds their internal motivation to 
     change. 
    ▪ It uses questions and statements to 
     think and talk in a positive, forward 
     direction.
        A Quick History
        ▪ Counseling
         –Directive, client-centered counseling 
           style. Helping clients explore and resolve 
           ambivalence.
         –Compared to nondirective counseling, it 
           is more focused and goal directed. The 
           resolving of ambivalence is the central 
           goal, and the counselor is pushing 
           towards it. 
         – Outperformed traditional advice giving by 80%
      A Quick History
      ▪ On campus & Sanctioning
       –Student Affairs Staff
        ▪ Housing etc.
       –Sanctioning
        ▪ Example… BASICS
        ▪ One on one sessions