BAP: Core Competencies (CE) + Practicums

Enriched Training in the Foundational Skills of Brief Action Planning

14 hours of CE
September 2026, November/December 2026 or March/April 2027

Mixed Methods:  8 hours online, self-directed (2 hours pre-work per practicum) + four 90-minute Live Zoom Practicums

Overview

This enriched experience includes eight hours of self-directed multi-modal online learning plus six hours of zoom enhanced practicums. Self-directed learning includes three high definition annotated video demonstration of skills, three online interactive quizzes with feedback for incorrect answers, and three real-world field exercises to practice and consolidate skills. Zoom practicums offer learners opportunities to practice BAP skills with feedback to reach criterion levels of competency for BAP Certification. After completing this online course with live Zoom practicums, learners qualify for Certification of BAP Competency by BAPPN.

In Collaboration With

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MI Center for Change is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists and maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The BAP Professional Network is accredited by New York State Occupational Therapy Association (NYSOTA) to sponsor continuing credit hours for occupational therapists in New York State. Individuals who complete the course and pass the final exam will receive a certificate of completion, continuing education, or continuing credit hours. Certificates of completion are often accepted by diverse allied health professional boards for licensure requirements.

September 2026

Practicum Facilitators
Steven Cole MD MA* & Michael Puthoff PT PhD

Break-Out Coaches
Heidi MacAlpine, OTD, MEd, OTR/L, CTP and BAP Professional Network Contributors

Live Zoom Practicums Schedule
Thursday, September 10
Wednesday, September 16
Wednesday, September 23
Wednesday, September 30
All 5-6:30 PM Eastern

Individual Registration

BAP: Core Competencies (CE) + Practicums (September 2026)
$300.00

November/December 2026

Practicum Facilitators
Steven Cole MD MA* Bob Jope LMHC,* Milos Rankovic BSc*

Break-Out Coaches
Jack Kaufman, MA, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Candidate, UT Southwestern Medical Center and BAP Professional Network Contributors

Live Zoom Practicums Schedule
November 4 & 18
December 2 & 9
All Wednesdays, 9:30-11 AM Eastern

Individual Registration

BAP: Core Competencies (CE) + Practicums (November/December 2026)
$300.00

March/April 2027

Practicum Facilitators
Steven Cole MD MA* & Michael Puthoff PT PhD

Break-Out Coaches
Heidi MacAlpine, OTD, MEd, OTR/L, CTP and BAP Professional Network Contributors

Live Zoom Practicums Schedule
March 3, 10 and 17
April 7
All Wednesdays, 5-7 PM Eastern

Individual Registration

BAP: Core Competencies (CE) + Practicums (March/April 2027)
$300.00

Please contact for group registration/discounts or other questions.

*Member of MINT, Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers

Self-Directed Course Objectives

  1. Define Brief Action Planning (BAP).
  2. List the 8 core competencies of BAP.
  3. Describe the four elements of the Spirit of MI and explain their importance for BAP.
  4. Describe each of the 5 elements of SMART planning.
  5. Explain when and how clinicians should add a Behavioral Menu to BAP.
  6. Explain when and how clinicians should add Problem-Solving to BAP.
  7. List the three important elements in BAP follow-up.
  8. Describe applications of BAP in routine clinical practice.

Live Zoom Practicum Objectives

  1. Use the two foundational BAP skills, with Spirit of MI, to elicit goals and make SMART action plans.
  2. Apply the three foundational BAP skills, with Spirit of MI, to reinforce action plans.
  3. Demonstrate integration of the three stepped-care skills of BAP, with Spirit of MI, into clinical care — the behavioral menu, problem-solving for low confidence, and follow-up.
  4. Describe and use GCQs (generative closed questions), with Spirit of MI, throughout BAP.
  5. Use the BAP Checklist to assess criterion-level performance of the 5 foundational BAP Core Competencies, consistent with the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing.
  6. Use the BAP Checklist to assess criterion-level performance of the 5 foundational BAP Core Competencies together with the 3 stepped-care competencies, with the Spirit of MI.