Psychological Testing in Pre-Employment Screening & Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations of Public Safety Employees Workshop Sessions

Educational Goals:
This workshop will provide information on the latest trends and significant issues in pre-employment screening & fitness-for-duty evaluations.

Learning Objectives; participants will:
• Understand legal issues involved in pre-employment testing
• Learn about recent developments in use of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form) in public safety evaluations
• Learn about the breadth of information available with different types of pre-employment testing
• Understand how psychological tests can aid the examiner in making fitness determinations

Thursday, February 14, 2008
8:30 - 9:00 Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 Legal Issues Surrounding Pre-Employment Testing, Part 1 —
David W. Arnold
10:45 Legal Issues Surrounding Pre-Employment Testing, Part 2 —
David W. Arnold
12:15-1:45 Lunch break (on your own)
1:45 Screening Public Safety Applicants with the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF, Part 1 — Yossef S. Ben-Porath
3:30 Screening Public Safety Applicants with the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF, Part 2 — Yossef S. Ben-Porath
5:00 Adjourn

Friday, February 15, 2008
8:30 - 9:00 Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 Pre-Employment Evaluations for High Risk Professions: Meeting & Exceeding the Standard of Practice, Part 1 — Mark Zelig
10:45 Pre-Employment Evaluations for High Risk Professions: Meeting & Exceeding the Standard of Practice, Part 2 — Mark Zelig
12:15-1:45 Lunch break (on your own)
1:45 Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations, Part 1 — Stephen F. Curran
3:30 Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations, Part 2 — Stephen F. Curran
5:00 Adjourn