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MI Training in Minnesota

MI Training in Minnesota. “We’ve presented more MI training in Minnesota than any other place on earth!”. Minnesota: Some Facts. “The North Star State” “Land of 10,000 Lakes” Origin of name: Lakota Indian word for “sky tinted water”. Minnesota: other stuff. Population: 5.1 M

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MI Training in Minnesota

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  1. MI Training in Minnesota “We’ve presented more MI training in Minnesota than any other place on earth!”

  2. Minnesota: Some Facts “The North Star State” “Land of 10,000 Lakes” Origin of name: Lakota Indian word for “sky tinted water”

  3. Minnesota: other stuff • Population: 5.1 M (21st most populous) • Area: 87,943 Sq. miles (12 largest state) • Largest City: Minneapolis • Industries: Farming, Health care

  4. Training Delivered since 2006 • Participants Trained: over 6500 • Introductory Sessions: over 350 • “Coaching Circles”: over 150 groups • Program/Agencies: over 275

  5. Cultural Representationof Participants • Native American (Reservations) • S.E. Asian: • Hmong • Cambodian • Vietnamese • African: • Ethiopian • Somalian • Eastern European: • Russian • Romanian • And Others

  6. Training Projects • Department of Human Services • Chemical Dependency • Mental Health • Co-occurring (COSIG) • MFIP (welfare to work) • Department of Corrections • Goodwill Easter Seals • Vocational Rehabilitation Services • Department of Health, Hospitals & Clinics • University Courses

  7. Target Areas • Employment • Chemical Dependency • Mental & Behavioral Health • Corrections • Parenting • Primary Care

  8. Curriculum Content(Curriculum was targeted to each target group) • Definition • Spirit • Principles • “OARS” • Resistance • Change Talk • Commitment • Lots of Practice Exercises Based upon “8 Stages of Learning MI” (Miller & Moyers, 2006)

  9. Curriculum Delivery • Introductory Workshops (2 or 3 days) • “Coaching Circles” (5-8 sessions) • 1-day refreshers • Agency Champions • Coding of Tapes

  10. Preparation of Trainers • MINTies lead • Training by Terri Moyers • Application & Selection • Tapes of Competence • Objective Exam • Training Demonstration • Evaluation of Training

  11. Estimated Costs??? • Trainers: $800,000 to $945,000 ($2700-3200 per session) • Participants: $1.2M (@ $200/participant) • Plus travel, materials, advertising, etc.

  12. Outcomes to Celebrate • Participant Testimonials • We passed the “Waitress Test” (Moyers) • They wanted more • Consistently excellent evaluations • MINTies grew from 5-15 • MN MINT formed (2008)

  13. Some Lessons Learned • Participant Management • 2-day sessions do NOT develop skills, Coaching Circles help • Participant preparation matters • Participant buy-in to the spirit can be challenging • Agency buy-in is crucial to training success

  14. If we had it to do over again • Implementation takes more of everything • Collaboration is not easy • Neither is sustainability • Development of internal agency capacity, not just training, should be the goal • Space & Equipment which works matters…

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