MI Champions Series

A 16-hour, 4-part interactive online series for skilled Motivational Interviewing (MI) practitioners interested in learning engaging and effective approaches to sharing and training others in MI.

This training series is capped at 10 learners.

Fall 2026 MI Champions Series:
Wednesday, September 16 12:00 PM – Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 4:00 PM

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the core components of designing competency-based MI learning opportunities customized for specific audiences and modalities.
• Prepare customized materials for championing and providing MI training for others.
• Facilitate MI learning through modeling, didactics, exercises, feedback and debriefing.
• Continued development as a champion and trainer of MI through self-reflection and awareness of competencies, qualities and practices for ensuring that the learning space is safe, inclusive, and conducive to learning and actively demonstrating the Spirit and skills of Motivational Interviewing.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the MI Champions Training Series, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize the core components of competency-based MI training design, including alignment among learning objectives, demonstrations, practice activities, and feedback.
2. Analyze learner characteristics, training contexts, and modalities to customize MI learning opportunities for specific audiences.
3. Apply principles of adult learning and deliberate practice to the design of MI training exercises.
4. Design MI-consistent opening activities that support engagement, psychological safety, and partnership.
5. Prepare customized MI training materials (e.g., slides, demonstrations, exercises, debriefs) aligned with defined learning objectives.
6. Select appropriate MI content and sequencing using frameworks such as the Four Tasks.
7. Demonstrate MI Spirit and core MI skills intentionally while teaching, modeling both technical accuracy and relational stance.
8. Facilitate MI learning through a balanced integration of didactics, live demonstrations, skill practice, and reflection.
9. Guide learners through structured MI skill practice using clear instructions, role clarity, and time management.
10. Provide autonomy-supportive, MI-consistent feedback using structured feedback frameworks.
11. Debrief MI learning experiences in ways that deepen insight, normalize imperfection, and reinforce skill development.
12. Adapt training strategies in real time based on learner responses, engagement, observed needs, and settings (e.g., online versus in-person).
13. Model inclusive, respectful, and culturally responsive facilitation practices that support a safe learning environment.
14. Demonstrate awareness of trainer behaviors that influence safety, power, and participation in the learning space.
15. Evaluate one’s own MI training practice using self-reflection, learner feedback, and peer consultation.
16. Develop a personalized plan for continued growth as an MI Champion, identifying strengths, priority competencies, and next steps for learning and practice.

Included in this course:

• 16 hours of live online interactive instruction with opportunities for skills demonstration, practice, feedback, and Q&A
• Each registrant may participate in one of the following (within 3 months of completing MIC) with Brewer & Bristow Training:
  • a fidelity coded MI recording (using the MITI 4.2.1) and 1:1 MI skills coaching call
  • a 1:1 consultation meeting
• Access to training handouts, slides, and resources
• CE credits approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Cost: $1,600 USD per registrant

Discounts available:

• Organizational discount: a 2nd registrant from the same organization receives a 50% discount!
• MINT member discount: members of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) receive a 25% discount!
• Individual discounts are available for registrants experiencing financial hardship – contact us for details.

To register: https://www.brewerbristow.com/calendar/mic2026

Motivational Interviewing Fidelity Coding Training
with the MITI 4.2.1

How do we know it’s really good MI? Brewer & Bristow Training is excited to offer this highly interactive, online course walking participants through use of the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity 4.2.1 Coding Manual (“the MITI”) for fidelity coding of audio recordings. We’ll also practice providing helpful and MI-consistent coding feedback for MI learners and discuss ways to grow in coding proficiency and reliability.

This training is limited to 16 participants.

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November 2026 MITI Coding Training

Part 1: MITI Overview & Global Ratings
Monday, November 9th at 1:00-5:00pm ET (NY/US)

Part 2: MITI Behavior Counts
Tuesday, November 10th at 1:00-5:00pm ET

Part 3: Coding with and without transcripts
Monday, November 16th at 1:00-5:00pm ET

Part 4: Paired coding & coaching practice
Tuesday, November 17th at 1:00-5:00pm ET

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this series, participants will:

1. Define the purpose of fidelity coding in Motivational Interviewing and how MITI 4.2.1 supports MI skill development.
2. Identify the major components of the MITI 4.2.1 coding system, including global ratings, utterance parsing, and behavior counts.
3. Describe the operational definitions of each global score and behavior code, distinguishing similarities and differences among them.
4. Differentiate between MI-consistent and MI-inconsistent clinician behaviors as defined by the MITI 4.2.1 manual.
5. Recognize common challenges and errors in coding utterances, globals, and behavior counts.
6. Apply MITI 4.2.1 decision rules to parse complex clinician speech into discrete utterances.
7. Score sample clinician utterances accurately using behavior counts.
8. Rate recorded MI sessions for global dimensions of relational and technical skills.
9. Analyze the relationship between MITI 4.2.1 scores and the underlying principles of Motivational Interviewing.
10. Calculate summary scores and metrics from coded sessions, including reflection-to-question ratio and percent complex reflections.
11. Evaluate the reliability of coding through practice with and without transcripts, and assess strategies for building inter-rater reliability.
12. Interpret MITI 4.2.1 coding data to identify strengths and growth areas in a clinician’s MI practice, including through coding practice with a partner in this training.
13. Practice delivering coding feedback in a coaching style that is congruent with the spirit of MI.
14. Construct balanced and actionable feedback statements for learners based on coded MI samples.
15. Integrate MITI 4.2.1 coding into supervision, training, and research contexts to enhance MI fidelity monitoring.
16. Reflect on one’s own learning process and coding development to create a personal plan for continued practice and reliability.

Included in this course:

• 16 hours of live online interactive instruction with opportunities for guided practice and Q&A
• 1-year membership in our “MI Coding Lab” Community of Practice, a monthly online gathering for ongoing coding and coaching practice as well as implementation consultation and support
• Access to materials, handouts, slides, audio recording samples, and sample coding summary forms
• CE credits approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Cost: $450 USD per registrant

Discounts available:

• Organization discount: every 3rd registrant from the same organization receives a 50% discount!
• MINT member discount: members of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers receive a 20% discount!
• Individual discounts are available for registrants with financial hardship or lack of organizational resources – contact us for details.

To Register: https://www.brewerbristow.com/calendar/mitinov26

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