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	Building Trust, Motivating Change Preview Description Testimonials Related Courses Share It can be challenging for a parent to open up a conversation with any youth about behavior issues, but it can be especially difficult for a parent of a youth who has experienced trauma. This course, developed for parents of teens, explores how they can use motivational interviewing techniques to help build trust with the youth in their home, engage them in conversation, and encourage behavior change. At the end of this course, you will be able to: understand how to build trust with youth describe the three components of motivational interviewing understand how to use the OARS skills of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries recognize change talk This course taught me so much. There was so much useful information that I know I need to practice. I especially appreciated the examples of how to talk respectfully and deliberately with teens to be able to work towards a needed change. I. Delgado The information was very helpful with suggestions on how to talk to and respond to my foster daughter. M. & B. Trauma-Informed Parenting Explores how parents can care for a child while being sensitive to his or her past traumatic experiences. [Also available in Spanish] Positive Parenting 1 Viewers learn how to use cooperation, tracking behavior, and encouragement as positive parenting techniques. Positive Parenting 2 Viewers learn about setting limits and using behavior contracts with the children in their care. Supporting Normalcy Explores how to provide normalcy for youth in care using the reasonable and prudent parenting standards. [Also available in Spanish] Share this with friends. Link to share: This class explores how to engage teens in behavior change by using the techniques of motivational interviewing (MI), including: building trust the components of MI change talk 2 credit hours, $10.00 per person