CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN FIRST RESPONDERS PSYCHOLOGY

Course description:


ASSESSMENT




Learn to perform pre-employment screening for potential firefighter and police officer candidates, fitness-for-duty evaluations, evaluations for high-risk assignments, direct threat assessments, and emergency consultations concerning the seriously mentally ill.

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OBJECTIVES


UNDERSTAND pre-employment psychological assessments, clinical interviews of candidates, and fitness for duty evaluations.

PRACTICE pre-employment psychological batteries and understand the process from reviewing background information to making a hiring decision.

PRESENT and discuss legal and ethical issues related to mental health assessments in the first responder community.

PARTICIPATE in ride-alongs and other experiential learning opportunities.

UPCOMING CLASSES

COURSE DATES:
Thursdays 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM,
April 18 - June 20, 2024

COST:

$ 750

INSTRUCTORS:
Dr. Casey Stewart, PsyD

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Through our successful distance learning format, with trimester-long individual classes, you will achieve full certification in as little as a year.

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INSTRUCTOR


Teaching faculty are licensed psychologists who actively work with firefighters, EMTs, police officers, correctional officers, dispatchers, and their families. Guest speakers are recognized experts within the field.

DR. CASEY O. STEWART is a police, forensic, and organizational consulting psychologist who received his doctorate from Pacific University. He served as staff psychologist for the NYPD and was Adjunct Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He now teaches graduate courses at Pacific University. Dr. Stewart presently works in private practice, providing assessment and consultation services to numerous government and private organizations across the U.S. He conducts ongoing research and engineering in the area of police selection tools and techniques and received the 2009 APA research award for his study on the validity of the California Personality Inventory in predicting police applicant suitability. He presents nationally on assessment, risk mitigation, and ethics in police and public safety psychology. Dr. Stewart has published on topics related to the assessment of law enforcement personnel and police violence.

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To enroll, or to request more information, please contact:
Cassandra Dilosa, Academic Program Manager
Ph: 510.841.9230 ext. 115
Email: cdilosa@wi.edu
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