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Education & Conferences
CHILDHOOD OBESITY HEALTHCARE INSTITUTES
Link to all Institute Presentations here.
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING FOR CLINICIANS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY BEHAVIOR AND HEALTHY WEIGHT WORKSHOP
This workshop focused on tools and hands-on activities for brief patient centered communications that result in a teaching framework for working with the “whole person/family.”
Key Note Speaker: Keri Bolton Oetzel, PhD, MPH, LPC, a national expert on effective communication [motivational interviewing] with children and families around healthy behaviors / healthy weight.
This training was for clinicians interested in learning more about MI around healthy behavior and weight
Please contact Brian Ryan at ryanb1@mmc.org or (207) 662.4065 for more information.
Motivational Interviewing Videos
For more information on the workshop, please contact Brian Ryan at ryanb1@mmc.org, or at (207) 662-4065.
Other Training Resources:
Be Our Voice Advocate Training
The Be Our Voice advocacy training offers the opportunity for you to learn:
- how to work within public policy and the media to create change;
- the unique role of the clinician outside the clinical setting; and
- what the obesity epidemic is and how it disproportionately affects certain ethnic and disadvantaged populations.
You can also access their Advocacy Resource Guide (PDF) that will help you create your personal advocacy plan through resources and templates.