Presentation

Motivational Interview (MI) is one of the most effective therapeutic tools which can respond to the challenge faced by the health systems to promote the acquisition and maintenance of healthier habits by patients.

Sitges, a progressive and cosmopolitan city in a prime location on the Mediterranean, will be glad to welcome you to the Training New Trainers (TNT) workshop and the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) FORUM 2009, from 1st to 6th June 2009.

Organized by :

Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)

Spanish Work Group in Motivational Interviewing

Participants

The TNT is designed specifically to provide and strengthen skills for helping others learn MI. It does not teach the clinical method of MI itself; proficiency in delivering MI is a prerequisite for the TNT. Preference is given to applicants who, beyond their initial training, have had ample opportunity to develop skillfulness in the practice of MI through feedback and coaching. Some examples of this would be:

1. observation of and feedback on the applicant’s treatment sessions,
2. co-counseling with an experienced MI clinician, or
3. review of tapes by an MI expert.

What is needed is specific training, experience and supervision in the use of MI, not just in more general clinical practice.

The successful applicant should be able to provide specific information about this type of experience, along with contact information for the MI consultant(s) who provided feedback and coaching. MINT forum Inscription will only be allowed for professionals already accredited as Motivational Interviewing Trainers. TNT participants are much welcomed.

Program

In these intensive 3-day advanced workshops, proficiency in motivational interviewing (MI) is assumed as a starting point, and the focus is on trainer skills and exercises to facilitate the learning of MI and its adaptations. Trainings are designed to prepare health professionals to teach and train these clinical methods, which have been shown to be effective in enhancing behavior and outcomes. Participants will learn a well-developed, sequenced and integrated set of strategies for teaching clinical skillfulness in MI across various settings.

The workshops are intended to prepare trainers to:

· Explain the conceptual rationale and background research for this approach
· Teach the basic clinical skills of motivational interviewing
· Strengthen reflective listening skills
· Teach brief negotiation strategies for use in health care settings
· Teach recognition, elicitation, and reinforcement of change talk
· Strengthen skills in rolling with resistance
· Teach negotiation of change plans
· Demonstrate the clinical methods and conduct role-play training
· Employ a range of innovative training techniques and exercises
· Apply the methods to a variety of settings

GET TOGETHER PARTY - Restaurant La Caleta
Platja Balmíns Urb. Aiguadolc - Isla n° 10 Sitges 08870
Wednesday, 3rd June at 20:00h
Included in the inscription fee. Extra tickets price: 43€.

CONGRESS DINNER - Retaurant Can Laury Peix
Passeig del Port d’Aiguadolç 49
Friday, 5th June at 20:30h
Not included in the inscription fee. Tickets price: 43€.

Venue

The conference rooms, the exhibition area, the VIP and services areas have a modern design and are equipped with advanced technology.

Wi-Fi available in the conference room and foyers.

Joan Salvat Papasseit, 38 Sitges - Barcelona SPAIN 08870 - Tel: (34) 93 8110811 - Fax: (34) 93 8949034

Registration

Please click here toread the instructions for application to the TNT

Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) FORUM
Only persons who are accredited as having previously received one of the TNT sessions organized by MINT will be admitted. Please read this instructions before registering to the Mint Forum.

Please note that all Mint Forum participants have also the opportunity to register to the Pre-forum workshop “Motivational Interviewing: Supervising and Mentoring” by William Miller and Kathy Goumas that will take place on the 2nd and the 3rd of June.

Please click here to register online for the MINT forum

Accommodation

The Meliá Sitges hotel is located in Sitges, the most charismatic and cosmopolitan coastal resort in Catalonia, overlooking the Aiguadolç Marina. Excellent communications with the international airport and the 20 minutes far away city of Barcelona with its monuments, shopping malls and sports events. Just 10 minutes from Club de Golf Terramar (18-hole).

Special Reduced fees for Conference Participants (price per night): http://www.melia-sitges.com/es/index.html

Joan Salvat Papasseit, 38 Sitges - Barcelona SPAIN 08870
Tel: (34) 93 8110811 - Fax: (34) 93 8949034

The hotel Estela Barcelona is a mediterranean- style building located in Sitges, in the Aiguadolç port area. Its close relation with art can bee seen since the moment you step into the lobby. Josep M. Subirachs, a highly reputed artist who is working on the façade of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, has converted this place into the scenario of the descent from the Infinity to Herat. Flights of steps, waterfalls and spheres make up this peculiar vision of the coming together of two dimensions.

Special Reduced fees for Conference Participants (price per night):

Av. Port d’Aiguadolç, 8 Sitges-Barcelona, España 08870
Tel: (+34) 938114545-Fax: (+34) 938114546

Single room: 110,00 €
Double room: 130,00 €
Breakfast included
7%VAT not included in the price.

Hotel Celimar in Sitges is located in a modernist building that was constructed at the end of the 19th century, which has been declared an Architectural and Artistic Heritage site, due to its beautiful design. The hotel is next to the beach and right in the centre of Sitges. It was recently restored to ensure guests maximum comfort and quality service.

Special Reduced fees for Conference Participants (price per night):

Passeig de la Ribera,20 Sitges-Barcelona, España 08870
Tel: (+34) 938110170-Fax: (+34) 938110403

Single room: 98,00 €
Double room: 119,00 €
Breakfast included
7%VAT not included in the price.

General Information

Sitges, the host city

Sitges is on the Mediterranean coast, 35 km to the south of Barcelona. It has an area of 43,7 Km2 and it is at an altitude of 10 meters. The town is located at the southern end of the Massif of the Garraf, a small range of calcareous rocky mountains occupying an area of 312 Km2 , which for many years has been a natural barrier between Barcelona and Sitges.

By road The C-32 freeway (previously A-16) connects Sitges with Barcelona in 30 minutes, and with Tarragona in 45 minutes. From Vilafranca the AP-7 freeway can be joined, going North to La Jonquera where it connects with the network of European freeways, and South towards the rest of the freeways of Spain . By train Sitges has very good connections with Barcelona and Tarragona by means of the RENFE regional trains. Approximately every 15 minutes there is a train that connects Sitges with Barcelona in 30 minutes. The new train service connects Sitges with Barcelona directly. From Barcelona Sants daily trains leave for the rest of Spain and Europe. There is also a high speed train that connects Barcelona with Madrid in only 3 hours, and that will connect with the European road network.By airplaneBarcelona International Airport, El Prat, is 28 km from Sitges. The majority of airline companies operate from there. There are daily flights to the rest of the cities of Spain and Europe, as well as to those of other continents. The Puente Aereo guarantees a continuous connection with Madrid. From Sitges it is possible to get to the airport by train. Every thirty minutes there are trains that connect the stations of Sitges and El Prat Llobregat ,where a train can be taken to the airport itself. The same route can also be done in the opposite direction: from the airport to El Prat de Llobregat and from El Prat de Llobregat to Sitges. On the other hand, by highway, the airport can be reached from Sitges via the freeway C-32 (A-16) or by the C-31 highway (previously C-246).By Sea Sitges has three marinas to which boats of the following maximum dimensions can accede:

	Length	Beam	Draught
Port d'Aiguadolç	26m	6m	2.80m
Port Ginesta	25m	7m	consultar
Port de Garraf	20m	5.5m	3m

Barcelona and Tarragona have important ports with regular lines to the Balearic Islands and Genoa.

Sitges has 17 sandy beaches. Four of them are in the East: the first one called Les Botigues at the beginning of the coast, next to the beachs of Castelldefels and the other three are following the coast of Garraf (Road C-31). There are eleven urban beaches and two in the west. These last two have difficult access.

All the eastern and urban beaches have access facilities, flags indicating the state of the sea and most of them have quality diplomas and blue flags awarded by the European Union.

Western Beaches | Urban Beaches | Eastern Beaches | The beaches

Modern Sitges, preserving important references from the Middle Ages and the old farmers’ and fishermen’s town, offers visitors an impressive architectural and cultural heritage, the result of initiatives by artists, cultural energizers and patrons like Santiago Rusiñol, Ramon Casas, Miquel Utrillo or Charles Deering. Thanks to them, Sitges was a reference point for writers, musicians and other intellectuals and became an important center for disseminating Modernism and the "Americanos", who, after returning with their "fortune" from their American adventure, commissioned large mansions from Modernist and Noucentista (post Art Nouveau) architects.

The museums, guided tours or walks around the old quarter allow us to visit and relive this important legacy.

This creative impetus has made it possible to create new projects like The International Barcelona-Sitges Vintage Car Rally, the International Film Festival, the International Jazz Festival or the Summer Concerts Series.

No two months are the same in Sitges. Each and every month is characterized by its diverse cultural activities, fiestas and events that distinguish it and make a visit or a short stay worthwhile and fun.

The Teatre Retiro and the Casino Prado, both centenarian entities, offer film screenings, jazz and, occasionally, theatre. You can also attend music and theater events periodically at Sitges Meliá Hotel’s auditorium.

The Carnival | Rally