9a. November 8, 2024 AM: Using the Stage of Change Model to Conceptualize Best Interventions for Improved Client Care (IN PERSON)

Friday, November 8, 2024
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Pre-register by November 1, 2024

This course will be in-person at Il Monastero, 3050 Olive St, St. Louis, MO 63103

3 CEHs

$30.00 SLU Alumni and pre-registered SLU practicum instructors

$50.00 All others

Course Description
Presenters:Craig Miner, LPC

Title: Using the Stage of Change Model to Conceptualize Best Interventions for Improved Client Care

Objectives:
• Identify and interpret an individual’s level of readiness for change.

• Articulate best practice interventions based on an individual’s stage of change and level of readiness for change.

• Design stage-based intervention driven treatment plans.

Course Description: This learning opportunity will provide a foundation of knowledge on which the clinician can align treatment intervention with an individual’s level of readiness for change.  Participants will be moved from simply defining stage of change to clinically utilizing this common model to develop treatment plans with stage-based, best practice interventions.  While didactic in nature time will be spent integrating discussion around application throughout with targeted experiential activities for skill-building.

Bio: Craig S. Miner is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Reciprocal Advanced Alcohol Drug Counselor, a Certified Co-Occurring Disorders Professional - Diplomate and a Medication Awareness Recovery Specialist in Missouri.  

He has 30 plus years’ experience in the behavioral health field working with substance use and co-occurring disorder populations.  Craig currently serves as the Adult Outpatient Program Manager at Places for People.  In addition, he works as an Adjunct Professor at Saint Louis University teaching courses in substance use disorder interventions and Motivational Interviewing.  His true passion is to move Science to Service while assisting colleagues to become more comfortable and confident utilizing best- and evidence-based practices to help those we serve achieve recovery and their meaningful “happy” life goals.