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Motivational Interviewing for College Police
Officer Dave ClossonEastern Illinois University
The Game Plan
▪ Background of Motivational Interviewing (MI)
▪ Learning & Behavior Change
▪ MI for Campus Police
▪ Skills and Techniques
▪ Summary & Reflection
Objectives
▪ Fundamental principles of motivational interviewing
▪ The skills and techniques of motivational interviewing
▪ The application of motivational interviewing by college police
What is Motivational Interviewing
▪ “A person centered form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation for change.” (Miller and Rollnick, 2002)
▪ It is a way of talking to people that builds their internal motivation to change.
▪ It uses questions and statements to think and talk in a positive, forward direction.
A Quick History
▪Counseling–Directive, client-centered counseling
style. Helping clients explore and resolve ambivalence.
–Compared to nondirective counseling, it is more focused and goal directed. The resolving of ambivalence is the central goal, and the counselor is pushing towards it.
– Outperformed traditional advice giving by 80%
A Quick History
▪On campus & Sanctioning
–Student Affairs Staff▪ Housing etc.
–Sanctioning▪ Example… BASICS▪ One on one sessions
Learning & Behavior Change
▪ Combining law enforcement and education
–Court System
–Student Standards / Judicial Affairs
–Police in the field
Learning & Behavior Change
▪ Motivation is all internal
▪ A person convinced against their will….
▪ Change your perspective; Change your behavior
Learning & Behavior Change
▪ Story Time–Presentations
–DUI/Alcohol
–Double Lung Transplant
MI for Campus Police
▪ What are Police?
–Skilled communicators
–Problem Solvers
– Lie detectors
MI for Campus Police
▪ The goal for police interactions–15 minutes or less, 64 percent
–Be opportunistic!!
–Sometimes providing good information badly …
Taking it to the Next Level
▪ MI Style–Express empathy
–Roll with resistance
–Develop discrepancy
–Support self efficacy
Taking it to the Next Level
▪ MI-OARS–Open ended questions
–Affirmations
–Reflections
–Summaries
Taking it to the Next Level
▪ MI Motivation–Forward focus–Raise interest–Things to scale–Giving advice without telling what
to do– Linking talk to action
Summary
▪ Police already have the skills
▪ Small changes
▪ Reflection time
References
▪ Walters, S., & Baer, J. (2006). Talking with college students about alcohol. New York: The Guilford Press.
▪ Walters, S., Clark, M., Gingerich, R., & Meltzer, M. (2007). Motivating offenders to change. Washington DC: U.S, Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections.
▪ Sciacca, K. (2009). Motivational interviewing - glossary and fact sheet.
