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Course Title
Conducting Second-Opinion Preemployment Psychological Evaluations of Police and other Public Safety Candidates
Date
6/16/2018
Provider
Mindset Continuing Education
Phone
916-488-6463
Email
info@mindsetce.com
Website
https://mindsetce.com/course/conducting-second-opinion-preemployment-psychological-evaluations/
Location
Los Angeles
Credit Hours
6
Instructor(s)
David Corey, Ph.D.,ABPP
Method of Instruction
Workshop/Seminar
Approving Agency
APA
Course Syllabus
Course Description
This intermediate workshop is for licensed psychologists involved or interested in conducting second-opinion preemployment psychological evaluations of police and other public safety candidates. Topics of the presentation will include POST-recommended guidance for second-opinion evaluations and reports; integrating convergent, divergent and complementary data into the second-opinion assessment; and best practices for structuring the psychological interview. The workshop will also include discussion of ethical and legal dilemmas inherent to the second-opinion assessment process, including possible conflicts of interest, when to decline an evaluation, and the role of advocacy in the second-opinion evaluation process. The workshop will include discussion of the appeal process, common reasons for losing the appeal, and standards used by various California agencies for considering and weighing second-opinion evaluations. Finally, the workshop will provide guidance on writing evidence-based and defensible reports.
Course Objectives
Course Objectives:
Discuss the POST recommended guidelines for the second opinion evaluation.
Explain best practices for structuring the psychological interview.
Discuss common ethical dilemmas inherent to the second opinion evaluation process.
Explain the appeal process and the most common reasons for losing appeal.
Discuss effective and defensible report writing strategies for the second opinion
Explain how to address convergent, divergent, and complementary data in the second opinion evaluation.