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 stuffPopulation: 5.1 M

(21st most populous)Area: 87,943 Sq.

miles(12 largest state)

Largest City: Minneapolis

Industries: Farming, Health care

Training Delivered since 2006Participants Trained:

over 6500Introductory

Sessions: over 350“Coaching Circles”:

over 150 groupsProgram/Agencies:

over 275

Cultural Representationof Participants

Native American (Reservations)

S.E. Asian:HmongCambodianVietnamese

African:EthiopianSomalian

Eastern European:RussianRomanian

And Others

Training ProjectsDepartment of Human

ServicesChemical DependencyMental HealthCo-occurring (COSIG)

MFIP (welfare to work)Department of CorrectionsGoodwill Easter SealsVocational Rehabilitation

ServicesDepartment of Health,

Hospitals & ClinicsUniversity Courses

Target AreasEmploymentChemical

DependencyMental & Behavioral

HealthCorrectionsParentingPrimary Care

Curriculum Content(Curriculum was targeted to each target group)

DefinitionSpiritPrinciples“OARS”ResistanceChange TalkCommitmentLots of Practice

ExercisesBased upon “8 Stages of Learning

MI” (Miller & Moyers, 2006)

Curriculum DeliveryIntroductory

Workshops(2 or 3 days)

“Coaching Circles”(5-8 sessions)

1-day refreshersAgency ChampionsCoding of Tapes

Preparation of TrainersMINTies leadTraining by

Terri MoyersApplication &

SelectionTapes of

CompetenceObjective ExamTraining

DemonstrationEvaluation of

Training

Estimated Costs???Trainers: $800,000

to $945,000 ($2700-3200 per session)

Participants: $1.2M(@ $200/participant)

Plus travel, materials, advertising, etc.

Outcomes to CelebrateParticipant

TestimonialsWe passed the

“Waitress Test” (Moyers)

They wanted moreConsistently

excellent evaluationsMINTies grew from

5-15MN MINT formed

(2008)

Some Lessons LearnedParticipant

Management2-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

If we had it to do over againImplementation takes

more of everythingCollaboration is not easyNeither is sustainabilityDevelopment of internal

agency capacity, not just training, should be the goal

Space & Equipment which works matters…