Course Details
Course Description
This four-hour continuing education course provides California-licensed psychologists with a clinically and legally grounded framework for evaluating peace officer candidates whose history or presentation suggests adult ADHD under POST Regulation 1955(d)(2). The course covers the neurodevelopmental basis of adult ADHD, its persistence into adulthood, and how its behavioral correlates map onto the ten POST psychological screening dimensions. Evaluators will develop transferable competence in identifying behavioral dysregulation patterns relevant to pre-employment suitability determinations while maintaining compliance with ADA requirements.
Course Objectives
Identify the behavioral correlates of adult ADHD that map onto POST Regulation 1955(d)(2) psychological screening dimensions, including Impulse Control/Attention to Safety, Decision-Making/Judgment, Emotional Regulation/Stress Tolerance, and Conscientiousness/Dependability.
Distinguish between a diagnostic determination and a job-relevant behavioral determination in peace officer pre-employment psychological evaluation, applying the ADA conditional offer framework to candidate histories involving ADHD or to other psychiatric diagnoses.
Describe the neurodevelopmental substrate of adult ADHD, including neurobiological mechanisms and longitudinal persistence findings, as a basis for evaluating candidate claims of having outgrown a childhood diagnosis.
Apply a structured behavioral history framework to assess hob-relevant manifestations of ADHD and broader behavioral dysregulation in peace officer candidates, incorporating driving records, occupational history, and emotional regulation patterns.
Analyze the clinical triage problem inherent in applying in general practice assessment priorities to peace officer pre-employment screening explaining why DHD and behavioral dysregulation require recalibrated evaluator attention in the POST screening context