Assessing Police & Other Public Safety Personnel Using the MMPI-2-RF

Overview on the book-based exam for David Corey & Yossef Ben-Porath's Assessing Police & Other Public Safety Personnel Using the MMPI-2-RF

DESCRIPTION: The material presented in the book focuses on use of the MMPI-2-RF in assessments of police and other public safety personnel. The book provides the information necessary for a qualified user to interpret MMPI-2-RF results in public safety settings.


The book content builds on the psychometric and assessment foundations provided by doctoral-level psychology training programs and tests examinees’ knowledge by discussing: foundational requirements of preemployment evaluations, special considerations and interpretive guidelines for using the MMPI-2-RF in preemployment assessments of public safety candidates, best practices for use of the MMPI-2-RF Police Candidate Interpretive Report (PCIR), and the recommended approach for developing an integrated MMPI-2-RF interpretation.  

 

CE CREDITS: 9


LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After taking this course you will be able to- 

  1. Discuss legal considerations in preemployment psychological evaluations

  2. Describe procedures and best practices in preemployment psychological evaluations

  3. Discuss the research literature available to guide use of the MMPI-2-RF in preemployment psychological and fitness for duty evaluations
  4. Describe the basic elements of the MMPI-2-RF: Police Candidate Interpretive Report (PCIR) 

  5. Discuss ways to integrate MMPI-2-RF Score Report and PCIR findings with other sources to reach a suitability determination

  6. Discuss legal considerations in fitness-for-duty evaluations

  7. Describe procedures and best practices in fitness-for-duty evaluations
  8. Discuss use of the MMPI-2-RF in fitness-for-duty evaluations     

 

Author disclosure statement: Drs. Corey and Ben-Porath are both paid consultants for the University of Minnesota Press, publisher of the MMPI-2-RF. They receive royalties on sales of the MMPI-2-RF Police Candidate Interpretive Report (PCIR). Dr. Ben-Porath receives royalties on the MMPI-2-RF sales.

 


The MMPI Workshops & Symposium is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The MMPI Workshops & Symposium maintains responsibility for this program and its content.