Course Details

Course Title	ABPP - Police and Public Safety Psychology Specialty Certification
Date	10/18/2013
Provider	American Board of Professional Psychology
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Email
Website	http://www.apa.org/ed/graduate/specialize/police.aspx
Location	Philadelphia
Credit Hours	10
Instructor(s)	N/A
Method of Instruction	Workshop/Seminar
Approving Agency	ABPP
Course Syllabus

Course Description

Through comprehensive examination, including review of a practice sample and an oral examination by a panel of ABPPSP certified specialists in police and public safety psychology, board certification in police and public safety psychology ensures that police psychologists are able to demonstrate the foundational and functional competencies associated with providing services to law enforcement personnel and agencies in the assessment, intervention, operations, and organizational consulting domains of the specialty.

Course Objectives

Ensures that police psychologists possess distinctive knowledge of the following: Essential functions of police and public safety personnel; Working conditions unique to their respective positions; Common and novel stressors inherent in public safety work; Normal and abnormal adaptation to occupational stress and trauma; Research pertinent to resilience and recovery in public safety personnel; The unique aspects of confidentiality and testimonial privilege when providing services to public safety personnel and/or agencies.