Prime Solutions Continuing Education Training Day One: 9:00 Welcome and Introductions 9:15 10:45 How do Therapists Matter: Evidence for Interpersonal Skills as an Influence on Substance Use Outcomes Dr. Theresa Moyers This presentation will encompass both didactic material (slide presentation) and role play exercises focused on the importance of therapist interpersonal skills in empirically supported substance use disorder treatment. Research to support specific skills will be presented and followed by specific skills building exercises. Participants should expect to discuss topics relevant to their own lives. Name one therapist interpersonal skill that is consistently linked to better outcomes in substance use disorders; Describe one research study in which therapist interpersonal skills were associated with improvements in drinking for alcohol dependent clients; Describe a popular model of treatment that overemphasizes the importance of therapist interpersonal skills. 11:00 12:30 Things We Learned from Bill W and Research, But Somehow Forgot Mr. Ray Daugherty This session will offer a look at the paradigms that created us, things In DSM 5 we might overlook, but shouldn t, and how Prime Solutions can help us with all of it. Identify at least 3 things Bill W suggested that got totally lost, and research has now supported; Describe how the evolution of thinking in our field has led to the best we have to offer today but not necessarily in the way we have always done it. Articulate why if we are not offering two tracks of treatment, it might be worth considering. Define what the Prime for Life language in Solutions means and how it might help in work with clients.
1:30 3:00 Prime Solutions A Few Nuts and Bolts Dr. David Rosengren Prime Solutions contains a wealth of information. Learning it all can be a challenge for counselors. This session focuses on three areas where a bit of additional knowledge and practice can aid in deploying these session topics successfully. Participants will hear background on the session topic, observe presentation of an element in that session topic including use of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) and Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS), and then practice this element in small groups. Articulate a purpose for each of the session elements reviewed Describe a critical element in deploying the session element Score and use the URICA and the BSSS 3:15 4:45 Moving Beyond Symptom Counts Dr. Carlo DiClemente & Mr. Ray Daugherty Whether Version III, IV, or 5, DSM has driven the thinking on how addictive behaviors are diagnosed for several decades. Yet, DSM provides no conceptual basis for understanding what has been diagnosed. Carlo and Ray have been thinking about this issue and will offer a new way of conceptualizing the condition we are diagnosing and treating. In this session they will present a new conceptual structure to guide not just diagnosis, but treatment. You will have a chance to offer your thoughts on the usefulness of this new model. Identify 3 Domains that can alter the expression of addictive behaviors. Identify 3 categories of Key Indicators that organize and give meaning to addictive behaviors. Identify 4 Patterns of Use that help determine the severity of addictive behaviors.
Day Two 9:00 10:30 Processes of Change: Mechanisms for Change Talk and Behavior Change Dr. Carlo DiClemente Clients processes of change represent client experiences and activities that promote movement through the stages of change. This session will explore these mechanisms of change and demonstrate how they are related to client change talk (desires, abilities, reasons, needs commitment, activation and taking steps) as well as to successful behavior change. Provider strategies should evoke client processes in order to promote and support change. Change talk and behavior activation are indicators that provider strategies are engaging critical processes. Participants will learn how to identify processes and use these indicators of process engagement in their work. Participants will be able do the following: Identify and distinguish cognitive/experiential and behavioral processes of change derived from the Transtheoretical Model. Link processes to specific types of change talk language Tailor strategies to promote process activity appropriate for each of the stages of change 10:45 12:15 Deepening MI Practice Dr. Theresa Moyers This presentation will present three practices from traditional psychotherapeutic approaches that can influence and deepen the practice of MI. Participants will hear a rationale for each practice, research evidence to support it and ways it can be incorporated into their current practice. This experiential workshop is for participants who have been using Motivational Interviewing but would like to become more skilled. name one practice that can result in increased client self exploration during MI sessions; state one resource where they can learn more about advanced MI skills
1:15 2:45 A Chat Worth Having Mr. Ray Daugherty, Dr. Carlo DiClemente & Dr. Theresa Moyers Carlo DiClemente is the co developer of the Transtheoretical Model of Change. The most well known part of this model is the Stages of Change, but the Stages are only the tip of the iceberg of what this model has to offer. The model has influenced not only the delivery of addiction services, but a wide variety of health and human services around the world. Theresa (Terri) Moyers is one of the leading voices in Motivational Interviewing and has conducted some landmark research in the addictions field that documents a link between counselor actions and client behavior. Both Carlo and Terri are in demand not only across the USA but also around the world. Ray Daugherty will host a discussion with and between these two influential people and, most importantly, between them and you. Articulate two areas of interest for continued research or practice in the Transtheoretical Model Describe two areas of focus for continued research or practice in Motivational Interviewing 3:00 4:30 Positive Psychology and Prime Solutions: Wow! They Look Good Together! Dr. David Rosengren This session provides an introduction to the concepts of positive psychology and the application of these ideas within Prime Solutions settings. Participants will receive an overview of what positive psychology is, with a particular focus on the area of positive experiences. The benefit of these positive experiences will be explored in the opening and closing of groups, as well as other session elements. Because learning is at its best when the learner is highly engaged, the instructor will use a dynamic blend of didactic, discussion and exercises to communicate ideas, create experiences and extend these to the instructor/counselors work setting. Define positive psychology Describe the evolutionary roles of negative and positive emotions Identify three methods for increasing positive emotion in their Prime Solutions groups
Presenters: Ray Daugherty, CEO of Prevention Research Institute, has worked in the alcohol and drug field since 1971. He is co author of the Prime For Life, a motivational intervention adopted by eighteen states, the US Army, US Marine Corp, and US Coast Guard. In addition to journal articles and book chapters, Ray co authored Reducing the Risk for Substance Abuse: A Life Span Approach. Ray helped establish the U.S. Army s alcohol and drug program in Japan in 1971, established a social setting detoxification program in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1973, and served as Executive Director of the Kentucky Alcoholism Council from 1974 1989. He has served on the National Public Policy Committee of the National Council on Alcoholism, is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and is a frequent lecturer at state, national and international conferences. Ray co led a team of nationally recognized experts in developing, Prime Solutions, which was released in 2009. Carlo DiClemente, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and directs several departmental centers: the MDQUIT Tobacco Resource Center, the Center for Community Collaboration, and the Home Visiting Training Center at UMBC. He is known for his work developing and applying the Transtheoretical Model of Intentional Behavior Change and his contributions to understanding motivation and change. He has published numerous articles and books including Addiction and Change: How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover, Changing for Good; and multiple professional books The Transtheoretical Model, Substance Abuse Treatment and the Stages of Change), and Group Treatment for Substance Abuse: A Stages of Change Therapy Manual. He is a contributor to the PRI Solutions program Theresa Moyers, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. Her research focuses on investigating active mechanisms of empirically supported treatments, including motivational interviewing, as well as training therapists to deliver complex treatments in substance treatment settings. Dr. Moyers is the author of more than 30 research articles and has been an invited speaker in 40 states and 7 countries. When she is not studying therapists, she is an avid dog trainer and dog sport competitor. David Rosengren, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist with a broad background in treatment, research, training and administration, is President of Prevention Research Institute. Previously, he was a research scientist and consultant at the University of Washington s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, as well as a MI consultant and trainer. He is former Editor of a newsletter for MI trainers and helped establish the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (an international association representing 1000+ MI trainers spread across 35+ countries and six continents). In addition to Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook, Rosengren has also written journal articles and book chapters on addictions, MI and the change process.