Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Overview of Motivational Interviewing -- 1. Background and Rationale -- The Good and Bad News -- A Modern View of Motivation -- What Is MI? -- Check-Ups -- Does It Work? -- What Is the Purpose of This Book? -- For Whom Is This Book Written? -- A Caveat -- MI Plus What? -- 2. Getting Your Foot in the Door: The Context of Motivation -- A Model for Considering Contextual Barriers to Motivation -- Motivational Barriers at School -- Unified Theory of Behavior Change -- Providing a Context for Parent Engagement in School -- Engaging Parents in Support Services at Schools -- Role of Leadership in Engaging Parents -- Parent-Involvement Activity -- Providing a Context for Engaging Teachers and Students -- Teacher- and Student-Involvement Activities -- Summary -- Handouts and Forms -- 3. Motivational Interviewing Principles and Strategies -- Thinking Motivationally -- Unified Theory of Behavior Change -- MI Spirit -- Guiding -- Fundamental Processes and Strategies of MI -- Suggestions for Getting Started -- Summary -- Part II: Specific Applications of Motivational Interviewing in Schools -- 4. Motivational Interviewing With Parents -- Rationale and Challenges -- Engaging -- Focusing -- Evoking -- Planning -- Summary -- Resources for Supporting Parent Behavior-Management Skills -- Handouts and Forms -- 5. Motivational Interviewing With Teachers -- Engaging -- Focusing -- Evoking -- Planning: Goal Setting -- The CCU -- Summary -- Resources to Support Teacher Development of Classroom-Management Skills -- Handouts and Forms -- 6. Motivational Interviewing With Students -- Developmental Considerations -- Engaging Strategies for Youth -- Specific Examples of Focusing, Evoking, and Planning Strategies With Youth -- Encouraging Adults to Interact With Youth in the MI Spirit.

Summary -- Resources: Sample Evidence-Based Interventions for Student Emotional and Behavioral Problems -- Handout -- 7. An Example of a Structured Motivational Intervention for Families, Students, and Schools: The Family Check-Up -- Check-Ups: An Overview -- School-Enhanced Family Check-Up -- Interview and Assessments -- Preparing for the Feedback Session -- Sample Dialogue for Supporting the Action-Planning Process -- Summary -- Resources: Sample Brief Measures to Assess Family Functioning -- Handouts and Forms -- 8. Motivational Interviewing With School-Based Problem-Solving Teams -- Your Own Experiences on an Academic or Behavior Support Team -- Building an Effective Team -- Arranging and Leading School Meetings -- Case Examples -- Summary -- Part III: Implementation and Dissemination -- 9. Integrating Motivational Interviewing With Other Evidence-Based Programs and Practices -- Using MI to Support Teacher Implementation Practices -- Using MI to Support Parent Engagement in Parenting Programs -- Using MI to Bolster Engagement and Implementation in Multicomponent Interventions -- Principles for Integrating MI With Other Interventions or Practices -- Summary -- Handouts and Forms -- 10. Learning Motivational Interviewing and Monitoring Implementation Quality -- Learning MI -- Monitoring MI Quality -- School-Based MI Fidelity Measures -- Self-Reflection -- Summary -- Handouts and Forms -- 11. The Future of Motivational Interviewing in Schools -- How Does MI Fit With Other School Initiatives? -- Other Applications -- Future Research -- A New Dimension -- Bibliography -- Index.