International Motivational Interviewing expert Michael Clark will demonstrate 15 highly effective and brief techniques to encourage change and promote positive behaviours with individuals who appear before you in court.
Develop the critical skills to hold 2-3 minute conversations to assist people on their path of change, including those regressing in substance use or treatment, those who are losing hope or are overwhelmed, or those who have made recent progress and need encouragement to stay the course.
From mention through to sentencing, in family violence/personal safety matters or judicial monitoring hearings, and in specialist courts, these techniques will be tools for those brief windows of opportunity where you want to:
- motivate people to make and sustain change
- provide alternative perceptions of a problem
- help people to think about their problem in a more positive way.
Note: This program is open to judicial officers only.
Speakers.
Build Motivation - The Center for Strength-Based Strategies
Michael Clark
Michael D. Clark, MSW, is the director of Build Motivation - The Center for Strength-Based Strategies, a technical assistance group based in Michigan, United States, specialising in the Motivational Interviewing model. He is a long-time member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT - 2003) and has trained both line-staff practitioners, judges/magistrates, and agency management/leaders. He has delivered sessions across various fields, including Corrections, Probation/Parole, Juvenile Delinquency, Mental Health, Treatment Courts, Addictions, and Child Welfare. Michael has published over 50 articles and has served as a contractual consultant for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria. Michael is also a co-author of the Guilford Press book, “Motivational Interviewing with Offenders: Engagement, Rehabilitation, and Re-entry” (NY: Guilford Press), with the 2nd edition scheduled for publication in 2025.
Build Motivation - The Center for Strength-Based Strategies
Michael Clark
Michael D. Clark, MSW, is the director of Build Motivation - The Center for Strength-Based Strategies, a technical assistance group based in Michigan, United States, specialising in the Motivational Interviewing model. He is a long-time member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT - 2003) and has trained both line-staff practitioners, judges/magistrates, and agency management/leaders. He has delivered sessions across various fields, including Corrections, Probation/Parole, Juvenile Delinquency, Mental Health, Treatment Courts, Addictions, and Child Welfare. Michael has published over 50 articles and has served as a contractual consultant for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria. Michael is also a co-author of the Guilford Press book, “Motivational Interviewing with Offenders: Engagement, Rehabilitation, and Re-entry” (NY: Guilford Press), with the 2nd edition scheduled for publication in 2025.
Magistrates' Court of Victoria
Magistrate Pauline Spencer
Magistrate Pauline Spencer was appointed as a Magistrate in Victoria in 2006. Her Honour currently sits at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court and serves as the Head of Division for Specialist Courts, providing judicial leadership across the court’s therapeutic justice programs in both mainstream and specialist courts.
Magistrates' Court of Victoria
Magistrate Pauline Spencer
Magistrate Pauline Spencer was appointed as a Magistrate in Victoria in 2006. Her Honour currently sits at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court and serves as the Head of Division for Specialist Courts, providing judicial leadership across the court’s therapeutic justice programs in both mainstream and specialist courts.