MI is an exemplar practice for CC implementation As a practice method, it offers probation and parole officers the skills needed to establish “dual relationships” between officers and offenders—the “just right” mix that research calls for to lower recidivism MI implementation is empowered by a unique, worldwide organization of experts that conducts and disseminates extensive research (“know”) combined with decades of application (“know-how”) to respond to CC departments As a result, MI offers feasible, effective, and cost-effective ToT models that make possible in-house training and ongoing coaching for model sustainability Finally, MI can continue to be implemented in unusual circumstances like the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, as MI training purveyors can deliver diverse training methods through safe and responsible distance-learning Further, in the future new-age “bot clients” and “conversational agents” will be able to train people in MI through computer simulation of human dialogue All of these factors make MI an important part of the vanguard for present—and future—EBP implementation © 2020 Administrative Office of the United States Courts All rights reserved
Michael L. Dennis Corey N. Smith Chestnut Health Systems Steven Belenko Temple University Danica Knight Texas Christian University Larkin McReynolds Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute Grace Rowan New York University Richard Dembo University of South Florida Ralph DiClemente New York University Angela Robertson Mississippi State University Tisha Wiley National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
