MIA: STEP. Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency, a NIDA-SAMHSA Blending Product.

This presentation provides information about the MIA:STEP Blending Team Product, including a description of the CTN trial it was based on (CTN-0005, “MI (Motivational Interviewing) to Improve Treatment Engagement and Outcome in Subjects Seeking Treatment for Substance Abuse”). It stresses the importance of adequate preparation of supervisors for monitoring and training their clinicians in MI strategies, it then presents an overview of the package and a discussion of its application to practice. Motivational interviewing has known effects on engagement and retention in controlled studies. It also has established efficacy in reducing substance use among alcohol and drug abusing clients.

The MIA:STEP package aims to help promote the use of motivational interviewing by providing tools useful to community providers. It is not a training package and should not serve as a substitute for intensive basic training in MI, but instead, it is a collection of resources and toolkits to be used to enhance clinical proficiency in motivational interviewing, both for clinicians and for supervisors. It uses a multi-media approach, with all the materials in the public domain and open for customization to each clinical treatment provider’s specific needs. The presentation ends with an update on how the MIA:STEP product is working in clinical practice, including information about a NIDA Health Service Grant testing its effectiveness in impacting clinicians’ use of MI and client outcomes.

Related protocols: CTN-0005