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Climbing Mountains and Metaphors Kathy Kelly, Bert Schulte Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation. Vocational Rehabilitation. Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. October 9, 2014. Vocational Counseling. Importance Feeling heard and understood Minimize resistance.
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Climbing Mountains and Metaphors Kathy Kelly, Bert Schulte Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation Vocational Rehabilitation Missouri Departmentof Elementary and Secondary Education October 9, 2014
Vocational Counseling • Importance • Feeling heard and understood • Minimize resistance
Mission • Put people to work
Vision • Everyone deserves a great VR experience
Operating Principles • Act with a sense of urgency • Provide quality customer service • Maximize our resources • Do the right thing • Put people first • Continuously evaluate our practices and processes
“Spirit” of MI • Partnership • Acceptance • Compassion • Evocation
Motivational Interviewing • Beginnings • Demand • Response
MVR’s Journey • Training Cohorts • Management/Staff buy-in • Motivational Interviewing Team • Collaboration • Supervisor Training • Proficiency and Skill Building • Cultural shift
MI Impact • Client centered – Equipoise • Initial meetings • Values/Goals/Behaviors clarification • Client’s choose own path to mountain top with counselor assistance • Client’s write their own plan • Determination of VR assistance • Addressing relapse/derailment
Discoveries on the Journey • Unexpected and unanticipated… • What gets measured gets done… • Risk and reward • Organizational Impact
Discoveries on the Journey Vocational Counseling
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