Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency (MIA:STEP)

• A new package of treatment improvement products has emerged from the work of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN). A Motivational Interviewing Assessment protocol has produced improvements in frequency of client attendance and retention in treatment during the first month of care, two predictors of positive treatment outcome.


• Blending Team Members:
  
  NIDA:
  • Sam Ball, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine
  • John Hamilton, LMFT, LMG Programs Community treatment Program
  • Steve Martino, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine

  SAMHSA/ATTC

  • Chair: Steve Gallon, Ph.D., Northwest Frontier ATTC
  • Sherry Ceperich, Ph.D., Mid-Atlantic ATTC
  • Maria del Mar Garcia, M.S.W., M.H.S., Caribbean Basin ATTC
  • Denise Pyle, LPC, NCC, Mid-Atlantic ATTC
  • Edna Quinones, PhD, Caribbean Basin & Hispanic ATTC


• The first hand-off meeting was held in May, 2004. No current anticipated date of release.


• Training Package Contents—MIA:STEP Products:
• Brief materials help introduce the MI Assessment protocol to key stakeholders.
• MI Assessment Protocol provides a full description of the protocol, research report on the results of the NIDA clinical trials, talking points and PowerPoint slides.
• Teaching Tools for Assessing and Enhancing MI Skills include brief handouts describing principles and skills plus self-assessment review criteria.
• Supervisor Tape Rating Guide describes a system for monitoring clinician MI adherence and competence.
• Demonstration Materials include demonstration tapes in English and Spanish, MI Assessment transcripts, completed skill rating worksheets, feedback forms, and skill development plans.
• Supervisor Training Curriculum for a 10-hour event focuses on an overview of how to best utilize the entire MIA:STEP package plus skill development in the rating of recorded MI Assessment interviews and their use in building counselor skills

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