Overview:
This intermediate level workshop is for psychologists engaged or interested in preemployment psychological screenings of correctional officer candidates. This workshop will discuss the use of the MMPI-3 Correctional Candidate Interpretive Report (CCIR) and recently published Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) (MPQ) in preemployment psychological evaluations of correctional officer candidates. This 7-hour workshop will use case studies to illustrate a model for integrating the MMPI-3 and MPQ results with collateral/background information and clinical interview findings to determine a candidate’s psychological suitability for correctional officer and other public safety positions. In addition, this workshop will discuss the changes from the MMPI-2/MMPI-2-RF to the MMPI-3; cultural, ethical, and legal considerations; and best practices.

Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
• Summarize the supporting research literature to guide use of the MMPI-3 and MPQ in preemployment psychological evaluations.
• Describe key implications of the primary state and federal statutes relevant to preemployment psychological evaluations of California peace officers.
• Identify best practices in preemployment psychological evaluations of public safety candidates.
• Describe how a candidate’s race, gender, and other protected demographic statuses can still be appropriately considered despite U.S. law prohibiting their use to adjust test scores in preemployment testing.
• Describe a rational strategy for interpreting underreporting scale scores.
• Apply a model (Spilberg & Corey, 2022) for integrating data from multiple data sources, including information from written tests, personal history, and clinical interview, when conducting preemployment evaluations of public safety candidates.