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Speakers Bureau Meeting Presentations Keeping Them Coming Back for More: Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Treatment Engagement Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment
Renee McDonald, Ph.D., National Safe Start Cross-Site Meeting Abstract: Project Support uses an adaptation of motivational interviewing to increase attendance, involvement within and between counseling sessions and retention in treatment services. This presentation describes the strategies at each stage of the interview, emphasizing assessment of the client’s understanding of the services; assessing and discussing the child's functioning; determining readiness to change; and solving problems to reduce barriers.
Involving Urban Children and Their Families in Child Mental Health Services Research: Reaching Those Often Missed
Mary M. McKay, Ph.D., National Safe Start Cross-Site Meeting Abstract: The presentation describes strategies for engaging families in child mental health services based on factors that impact a family's use of services. A collaborative partnership is created between consumers and the program to gain a better understanding of the practical realities families face and how strategies to engage and retain families in child mental health services may be addressed. Specific engagement strategies include examining intake procedures and developing interventions to target specific barriers to service use; providing training and supervision to providers to increase the focus on engagement in the first face-to-face meetings with the child/family; and obtaining ongoing input from consumers regarding types of service offered.
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