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Course Title
Preemployment Evaluation of Police and Public Safety Personnel: Evidence Based Approaches
Date
1/16/2015
Provider
Fielding Graduate University
Phone
805-687-1099
Email
Website
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/preemployment-evaluations-of-police-public-safety-candidates-evidence-based-approaches-registration-14463335225?utm_campaign=new_eventv2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eb_email&utm_term=eventname_text
Location
Santa Barbara, CA
Credit Hours
6
Instructor(s)
David Corey, Ph.D., ABPP and Nancy Baker, Ph.D., ABPP
Method of Instruction
Workshop/Seminar
Approving Agency
APA
Course Syllabus
Course Description
This seminar will cover the primary issues in the preemployment evaluation of police and public safety job candidates, including legal foundations, best practices in testing and test interpretation, conducting the clinical interview, gathering and weighing personal history information, integrating assessment data to reach a suitability determination, and communicating findings. Guidance from the Psychological Screening Manual recently published by the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) will be reviewed, and key distinctions between preemployment and fitness-for-duty evaluations will be discussed.
Course Objectives
This seminar will cover the primary issues in the preemployment evaluation of police and public safety job candidates, including legal foundations, best practices in testing and test interpretation, conducting the clinical interview, gathering and weighing personal history information, integrating assessment data to reach a suitability determination, and communicating findings;Guidance from the Psychological Screening Manual recently published by the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) will be reviewed, and key distinctions between preemployment and fitness-for-duty evaluations will be discussed.