Psychological Testing in Pre-Employment Screening and Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations
of Public Safety Employees
(Thursday and Friday, October 8 - 9)

This workshop will provide information on the latest trends and significant issues in pre-employment screening and fitness-for-duty evaluations. It is designed as an intermediate level workshop designed for individuals familiar with basic psychological assessment principles and psychometrics and who have a basic familiarity with the MMPI-2. Attendance is required on both days.

THURSDAY, October 8, 2009

Learning Objectives • Participants will be able to:
– Understand legal issues and considerations involved in pre-employment testing
– Understand the differences between pre-offer testing versus post-offer testing
– Apply professional guidelines relevant to pre-employment screening of public safety personnel
– Select the appropriate test/s to address job analysis for pre-employment evaluations
– Understand how psychological tests can aid the examiner in making fitness determinations

  8:30:  Registration and continental breakfast
  9:00:  Legal Issues Surrounding Pre-Employment Testing, Part 1 — David Arnold
10:45:  Legal Issues Surrounding Pre-Employment Testing, Part 2 — David Arnold
12:15:  Lunch break (on your own)
  1:45:  Pre-Employment Evaluations for High Risk Professions — David Corey
  3:30:  Fitness for Duty Evaluations — David Corey
  5:00:  Adjourn

FRIDAY, October 9

An Introduction to the MMPI-2-RF for Personnel Screening Psychologists: This is an intermediate level workshop designed for individuals familiar with basic psychological assessment principles and psychometrics, who have a basic familiarity with the MMPI-2.

Learning Objectives • Participants will be able to:
– Describe the background leading to the development of the MMPI-2-RF and the methods used in its development.
– Describe the 50 scales of the MMPI-2-RF
– Understand interpretive implications of under-reporting.
– Utilize non-gendered norms and the MMPI-2-RF scales
– Decide whether to use the MMPI-2-RF in their practice

  8:30:  Registration and continental breakfast
  9:00:  The MMPI-2-RF Background and Overview – Yossef Ben-Porath
10:45:  MMPI-2-RF Documentation — Yossef Ben-Porath
12:15:  Lunch break (on your own)
  1:45:  Using the MMPI-2-RF in Screening Public Safety Employees: 
             General Recommendations — Yossef Ben-Porath
  3:30:  Using the MMPI-2-RF in Screening Public Safety Employees:
             Case Illustrations — Yossef Ben-Porath
  5:00:  Adjourn