Course Details
Course Description
This intermediate level workshop is for psychologists engaged or interested in preemployment psychological screenings of correctional officer candidates. This workshop will discuss the use of the MMPI-3 Correctional Candidate Interpretive Report (CCIR) and recently published Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) (MPQ) in preemployment psychological evaluations of correctional officer candidates. This 7-hour workshop will use case studies to illustrate a model for integrating the MMPI-3 and MPQ results with collateral/background information and clinical interview findings to determine a candidate’s psychological suitability for correctional officer and other public safety positions. In addition, this workshop will discuss the changes from the MMPI-2/MMPI-2-RF to the MMPI-3; cultural, ethical, and legal considerations; and best practices.
Course Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Summarize the supporting research literature to guide use of the MMPI-3 and MPQ in preemployment psychological evaluations.
- Describe key implications of the primary state and federal statutes relevant to preemployment psychological evaluations of California peace officers.
- Identify best practices in preemployment psychological evaluations of public safety candidates.
- Describe how a candidate’s race, gender, and other protected demographic statuses can still be appropriately considered despite U.S. law prohibiting their use to adjust test scores in preemployment testing.
- Describe a rational strategy for interpreting underreporting scale scores.
- Apply a model (Spilberg & Corey, 2022) for integrating data from multiple data sources, including information from written tests, personal history, and clinical interview, when conducting preemployment evaluations of public safety candidates.