Course Details
Course Title | JRA Conference 2024 |
Date |
10/18/2024
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Provider | JRA |
Phone | 408-356-9696 |
Email | ryanroberts@lepsinc.com |
Website |
N/A
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Location | Boston |
Credit Hours | 4 |
Instructor(s) | Jeni McCutcheon, PsyD, MSCP, ABPP, Brian Mangan, PsyD, ABPP, Cerise Vablais, MBA, PhD, ABPP, and Ryan Roberts, JD, PhD, Michael Slack, PsyD, Lew Scholler, PhD, and Alec Twibell, PhD |
Method of Instruction | Lecture |
Approving Agency | APA |
Course Syllabus |
Microsoft Word - 00-JRA Conference Agenda.docx.pdf
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Course Description
Emerging topics and police and public safety psychology
Course Objectives
PRESENTATION: A Revised Psychological History Questionnaire for use in Preemployment Public Safety Screening, Ryan Roberts, JD, PhD<o:p></o:p>
List two benefits of expanding the types of questions that can be asked on a pre-employment automated history questionnaire.<o:p></o:p>
Explain how self-reported symptom data can be used to assess integrity in a preemployment evaluation.<o:p></o:p>
Describe the differences in laws and/or preferences among jurisdictions that can affect what may be asked in a preemployment assessment (e.g., drug use,, weapon ownership, etc.).<o:p></o:p>
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PRESENTATION: It's a Whole New World: Business Retention Strategies for Police and Public Safety Psychologists, Jeni McCutcheon, PsyD, MSCP, ABPP, Brian Mangan, PsyD, ABPP, Cerise Vablais, MBA, PhD, ABPP, and Ryan Roberts, JD, PhD<o:p></o:p>
Identify several practice challenges in the changing world of Public Safety Psychological Assessments.<o:p></o:p>
Identify two correlates of vaccine resistance in the law enforcement population.<o:p></o:p>
Recognize solutions to maintain positive business relations related to practice challenges.<o:p></o:p>
List three things to do in response to challenging agency relations and to retain business.<o:p></o:p>
Discuss how recent changes in the law pertaining to investigating marijuana use in California affect preemployment psychological evaluations.<o:p></o:p>
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PRESENTATION: Correlates of STAXI-II Scales With Broadband Assessment Measures in the Preemployment Public Safety Applicant Population –Ryan Roberts, JD, PhD<o:p></o:p>
Describe how state and trait anger STAXI scales are correlated with CPI and PAI scales in preemployment psychological testing.<o:p></o:p>
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PRESENTATION: A conversation on Public Safety Wellness Services, Michael Slack, PsD<o:p></o:p>
Identify common trends in wellness practices.<o:p></o:p>
List suggestions for engaging departments wellness programs.<o:p></o:p>
Discuss three different types of basic wellness interventions.<o:p></o:p>
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PRESENTATION: Assessing Firefighters: Fitness For Duty Evaluations and Preemployment Selection Criteria - Lew Schlosser, PsyD, ABPP and Ryan Roberts, JD, PhD<o:p></o:p>
Describe differences among firefighters and police officers as it pertains to FFDE referral reasons.<o:p></o:p>
Discuss the benefits of adapting the CA POST Psychological Screening Dimensions for use with firefighter applicants.<o:p></o:p>
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PRESENTATION: A Race Implicit Association Test as a Predictor of Psychologist Ratings of Police Candidate Bias, Alec Twibell, PhD<o:p></o:p>
Identify options for assessing police candidate racial bias and evaluate the convergent validity between them.<o:p></o:p>
Recognize the limitations of bias assessment procedures in police candidate evaluations.<o:p></o:p>
Consider necessary avenues for future police bias assessment research.<o:p></o:p>