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Workshops - Thursday, March 20 3. Explain the unique aspects in the evaluation of immigrants applying for visas for asylum, VAWA, and U-Visa, including cross-cultural, ethical, and countertransference issues. 4. Demonstrate this approach through sample cases including psychological data. Skill Level: Intermediate, with some understanding of forensic psychological assessment. 11. R-PAS Assessment in Child Custody Cases Wednesday, March 19, 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm, 3.5 CE Robert E. Erard, Ph.D. Psychological Institutes of Michigan, P.C. Bloomfield, MI Although the Rorschach is widely used in child custody evaluations, its contributions are often underestimated. As an evidence-supported, performance-based method, it adds incremental validity to findings obtained by self-report methods. Some evaluators hesitate to use the Rorschach due to concerns about insufficient training, reliability and validity, admissibility, and courtroom presentation. This workshop will show how R-PAS shows particular promise in addressing such concerns. We will discuss the particular advantages of using the R-PAS system in conducting evaluations, how to cope with challenges to the admissibility and weight of R-PAS-based testimony, and how to present R-PAS effectively to lawyers and judges. An illustrative case will be presented. Goals and Objectives: 1. Compare the relative contributions of self-report and performance-based methods to personality assessment in the child custody context. 2. Explain why R-PAS based testimony meets Frye and Daubert standards for admissibility. 3. Explain how R-PAS works to the court. 4. Demonstrate the relevance of R-PAS based testimony to framing meaningful custody recommendations. Skill Level: Intermediate – participants must know how to use the Rorschach and preferably will have some R-PAS and some experience with conducting forensic evaluations. 12. Personality Assessment Consultation Opportunities with the Federal Aviation Administration: An Orientation to FAA Practices and Standards Wednesday, March 19, 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm, 3.5 CE 10/SPA Annual Convention Chris M. Front, Psy. D. Federal Aviation Administration Washington, DC Personality assessment is an essential element in pre-employment and fitness for duty evaluations for a variety of public safety-sensitive positions. Many psychologists specializing in personality assessment have developed consultation relationships with police and other public safety agencies. Fewer have become consultants for the FAA, which relies on psychologists skilled in personality assessment to conduct thorough evaluations of pilots and air traffic controllers. The FAA is actively recruiting psychologists who are skilled in personality assessment to join its team of consultants. This workshop is designed to prepare such psychologists to perform both pre-employment and fitness for duty evaluations for the FAA. The workshop will begin with a brief review of the legal and ethical issues involved in conducting pre-employment and fitness for duty evaluations. An orientation to the unique psychological demands inherent in the aviation environment and the standards necessary for aviation safety will follow. The main focus of the workshop will be on the special considerations required for pre-employment and fitness for duty evaluations conducted with pilots and air traffic controllers for the FAA, including published and unpublished normative test score patterns for those populations, the safety relevance of sub-clinical conditions, and the differences between DSM-5 diagnoses and FAA regulatory standards. A discussion of test data, psychosocial history, clinical interview, MSE, and collateral information to guide and support decisions will follow. Case examples will be provided to illustrate assessment practices and FAA standards. Goals and Objectives: 1. Describe the unique psychological demands of working in the aviation environment. 2. Describe the most salient ethical and legal issues in conducting pre-employment and fitness for duty evaluations for public safety-sensitive positions. 3. Utilize normative score patterns (e.g., MMPI-2 means and S.D.s for pilots and Air Traffic Control Specialist Applicants) when conducting test interpretation. 4. Discuss the differences between DSM-5 diagnoses and FAA regulatory standards. 5. Explain the safety relevance of sub-clinical conditions in the aviation work environment. Skill Level: Participants with intermediate to advanced skills in personality assessment will benefit most from this workshop. 13. Forensic Application of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) Thursday, March 20, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm, 3.5 CE
Ali Khadivi, Ph.D Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Bronx, NY John E. Kurtz, Ph.D. Villanova University Villanova, PA The main goal of this workshop is to have advanced instruction in the forensic use of PAI. The presentation will discuss some of the most updated research on the PAI with a focus on application of PAI in criminal and civil forensic psychological evaluations. The presentation will critically discuss the use of PAI in the assessment of feigning and defensiveness, including the new PAI validity scale (NDS), the use of PIM-predicted and NIM-predicted profile, and the use of configural validity indicators. In addition, the presenters will provide a conceptually driven, expanded “Structural Summary Approach” to the PAI. Issues of legal admissibility, common misconceptions, pitfalls, and challenges in use of the PAI in forensic contexts are examined. Using multiple case studies, the workshop will discuss how to effectively use PAI in assessment of criminal responsibility, mitigation at sentencing, violence risk, selection scenarios, parenting capacity, and suicide risk. Goals and Objectives: 1. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of PAI validity scales and supplementary indices in assessment of defensiveness and feigning. 2. Describe the development of the NDS scale and its use in the detection of feigning and malingering. 3. List three different PAI indicators of response distortion and apply the validity configural analysis to discriminate conscious and unconscious forms of distortion. 4. Describe how to use the SPI and VPI in combination with standard PAI scales for the assessment of suicide and violence risk. 5. Describe how to effectively use PAI in civil and criminal forensic psychological evaluations. Skill Level: Familiarity with the PAI scales, and some basic knowledge of forensic psychological evaluations is assumed. 14. The Secret of a Successful Assessment Practice: Developing Supportive Relationships with Referring Professionals. Thursday, March 20, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm, 3.5 CE Filippo Aschieri, Ph.D. European Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano, Italy Mary G. McCarthy, PhD Private Practice Austin, TX Workshops - Thursday, March 20 Whether an assessor works in schools, private practice, hospitals, detention centers, or other settings, relationships with referring professionals are crucial and can greatly influence a client’s experience of an assessment. Also such relationships often largely determine whether an assessor enjoys going to work each day or fantasizes going into another line of work! This workshop aims to help new and experienced psychological assessors examine the unique and complex relationship between referring professionals and psychological assessors. The workshop will focus on the conditions that support a collaborative, mutually beneficial consultative relationship and will draw on principals and techniques of Therapeutic Assessment in framing this relationship. In particular, we will focus on frequent dilemmas and challenges inherent to the Referring Professional and assessor relationship such as: Each person’s sense of professional vulnerability; managing shame defenses against shame in the referring professional; differences in theoretical orientations, training and language among professionals; differences in understanding of assessment approach from a traditional model to collaborative models; working with multiple agendas that may be present among professionals and organization involved in the referral; dilemmas in test interpretation and treatment planning; and competition between assessors and referring professionals. This workshop will include short lectures as well as an experiential component to deepen understanding and reveal solutions to building a collaborative partnership among all professionals involved in an assessment. Goals and Objectives: 1. Consider the variety of contexts for referrals and identify unique needs and issues that each context presents. 2. Describe the systemic components of a referral for an assessment. 3. Experience the difficulties of being a referring professional. 4. Examine and list possible solutions for supporting the relationship with the referring professional. Skill Level: All skill levels are encouraged to participate. 15. The Millon Inventories: Therapeutic Applications and Updates Toward the MCMI-IV Thursday, March 21, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm, 3.5 CE Seth Grossman, Psy.D. FIU College of Medicine Cooper, FL This workshop is an update to the 2011 workshop; it will explore Theodore Millon’s evolutionary theory and its application with the Millon Inventories for therapeutic applications. It will include both the indigenous therapy model developed by Millon To register visit: www.personality.org /11
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