Resources for BHTEN, December 11-12, 2006

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Web Sites

Overview of the Transtheoretical (Stages-of-Change) Model from the URI Cancer Prevention Research Center

Measures, including the Staging Algorithm, URICA, and behavior-specific process, decisional balance and self-efficacy measures from the URI Cancer Prevention Research Center

The SOCRATES, Values Card Sort, and Change Plan Worksheet may be found near the bottom of the Motivational Interviewing Library page

Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment: Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 35 (free download)

"MI Sandwich" materials: Motivational Interviewing Assessment : Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficience (MIA-STEP) (free - online). Includes a number of teaching tools and sample session transcripts in English and Spanish.

My own dual-diagnosis group materials, developed at EPPI in the mid-1990's.

Books

Changing for Good by James O. Prochaska, John Norcross, Carlo DiClemente
Broadly applicable self-help book that models a patient-friendly way to present stage-matched interventions.
Read my review
See more information at Amazon.com

Group Treatment for Substance Abuse: A Stages-of-Change Therapy Manual by Mary Velasquez, Gaylyn Gaddy Maurer, Cathy Crouch, and Carlo DiClemente
This book helps group leaders to target their interventions toward their clients' stage-specific needs with a set of 29 group sessions. (This is the blue paperback book I brought to the second day of the workshop)
Read my review
See more information at Amazon.com

Motivational Groups for Community Substance Abuse Programs (available from Mid-ATTC for $18.00)
Includes an introduction to MI, the techniques and skills needed to practice motivational counseling, guidelines on converting individually-based motivational counseling techniques for use in groups, format and content for motivational groups, and tips on implementing motivational groups and services. Also discusses various methods for employing motivational counseling services in community agencies. (This is the spiral-bound book I brought to the second day of the workshop)

Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change: Integrating Best Practices for Substance Abuse Professionals by Kathyleen Tomlin and Helen Richardson
A useful adjunct to training, presenting key MI concepts in simple terms. Provides exercises to help you apply what you have learned in a workshop.
Read my review
Available from Hazelden with or without a CE test. If you see a price in the $70 range, it is with the test. The book alone should cost about $35.00. Sometimes available from Amazon.com.

Substance Abuse Treatment and the Stages of Change by Gerard Joseph Connors, Dennis M. Donovan and Carlo C. DiClemente
Practical application of the stage model - with specific recommendations for tailoring treatments to clients at all stages of change
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See more information at Amazon.com

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Updated December 12, 2006