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Turn routine supervision conversations into opportunities for meaningful behavior change.Probation and parole officers constantly balance accountability, public safety, court requirements, and the reality of working with people who may be ambivalent—or openly resistant—to change. Motivational Interviewing for Probation and Parole Officers shows you how to handle those conversations with greater skill without giving up authority, boundaries, or professional judgment.
Built specifically around the realities of community supervision, this practical guide translates motivational interviewing into language, situations, and techniques officers can actually use.
You’ll learn how to:

• Use open questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summaries effectively
• Recognize change talk, sustain talk, ambivalence, and relational discord
• Conduct more productive intake, case-planning, and supervision meetings
• Address positive drug tests, noncompliance, and technical violations without unnecessary escalation
• Balance officer authority with client autonomy and accountability
• Work more effectively with high-risk clients, young adults, trauma histories, and mental health challenges
• Strengthen documentation and case notes while capturing meaningful behavior-change progress
• Apply the Risk-Need-Responsivity framework alongside motivational interviewing
• Manage hostile conversations, officer burnout, and long-term skill development

Rather than treating motivational interviewing as therapy, this book keeps the approach firmly within the officer’s professional role. It emphasizes practical communication that supports engagement while recognizing the realities of mandated supervision.
Whether you are a new officer, experienced probation professional, parole officer, supervisor, trainer, or community corrections practitioner, this handbook gives you a structured way to make difficult conversations more purposeful.Build stronger supervision conversations and put evidence-based communication skills to work—get your copy today.

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