Part 1: Motivational Interviewing Primer
Includes a Live Web Event on 02/10/2026 at 5:00 PM (EST)
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
.1 ASHA CEUs
Counseling is one of ASHA's 8 pillars of practice but a skillset that practicing clinicians are not always comfortable with. This webinar is designed to provide an overview of the underlying theory, framework, and skills used within motivational interviewing. Attendees will learn about the core micro skills of motivational interviewing, which overlap with most other third wave counseling techniques. Further, attendees will learn how to structure counseling interactions to foster optimal outcomes.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the core micro skills of motivational interviewing, which are comparable to the core micro skills of most counseling approaches.
- Describe the steps of motivational interviewing and how to progress towards putting a plan into action.
- Explain why self-determination and choice are so important for moving people towards sustainable change.
Time Ordered Agenda
5:00 - 5:15 PM ET Self-determination theory and stages of change theory and the role of SLPs in counseling
5:15 - 5:30 PM ET OARS microskills
5:30 - 5:45 PM ET Steps of motivational interviewing
5:45 - 6:00 PM ET How to make motivational interviewing accessible to people with communication disorders and differences
For questions about this webinar, please contact us at admin@capcsd.org. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with a link to log in.
Jerry K. Hoepner, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Dr. Jerry Hoepner is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire in the department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. He teaches courses in anatomy and physiology, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, acquired cognitive communication disorders, dysphagia, and counseling. Dr. Hoepner co-facilitates the Blugold Brain Injury Group, Mayo Brain Injury Group, Thursday Night Poets, and Chippewa Valley Aphasia Camp. His research addresses video modeling interventions for individuals with cognitive communication disorders, group interventions, project-based interventions, motivational interviewing, counseling methods and training, undergraduate research outcomes, course-embedded clinical experiences, and instructional pedagogies. He is a co-founder of the Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders journal and the ASHA SIG20 for counseling.
Disclosures
Financial: Jerry is the author of Motivational Interviewing and Counseling for Speech-Language Pathologists from Taylor & Francis, for which he receives royalties. Jerry will be receiving an honorarium for this webinar.
Non-Financial: Jerry is the associate coordinator for ASHA SIG 20; the co-chair of the education workgroup for the Aphasia Psychological Care consortium.
This course is designed with a participation requirement that ensures meaningful engagement and learning. Participants must be present for the entire 60-minute webinar to receive the assessment. The assessment is a key component in obtaining both their certificate of completion and ASHA CEUs. In addition to standard assessments of the speaker's effectiveness and the overall content quality, participants are challenged to demonstrate practical application of the knowledge gained. The required question prompts participants to articulate and list two specific action items they plan to implement. This promotes critical thinking about how to apply new information in their professional practice with a forward-thinking response.
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