AAFP: Evaluation of Fitness for Duty - Foundations and Methods
6 hours | 6 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on Evaluation of Fitness for Duty: Foundations & Methods is presented by David M. Corey, PhD, ABPP, in partnership with The American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP).
This program is California POST CPE approved for 6 CE hours.
This program provides an overview of the major legal foundations and practice standards pertaining to fitness-for-duty evaluations (FFDEs), followed by an introduction of a three-step model for assessing the psychological fitness of incumbents in any position. Finally, participants will practice applying the law, practice standards, and the integrative model to comprehensive case material. Each case will include employment and other collateral records, mental health/medical records, findings from the clinical interview, and an MMPI-2-RF protocol.
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe the legal threshold for mandating a FFDE
Describe the competing interests of the principal parties in FFDEs and strategies for balancing them
Describe the key federal statutes and case law relevant to FFDEs
Describe the benefits and primary goals of a referral conference preceding a FFDE
Describe the importance of, and strategies for, considering the impact of the examinee’s cultural self-identification when assessing fitness
Describe the utility of a model for assessing FFDE and the elements of one that is useful
Describe the appropriate legal and ethical limitations to be considered when preparing a written FFDE report for an employer
Presented By
David M. Corey, PhD, ABPP
Dr. David Corey is a board-certified specialist in both forensic psychology and police and public safety psychology with the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, founding president of the American Board of Police & Public Safety Psychol...
Curriculum
1. Legal, Ethical, and Professional Guidelines
2. Fitness for Duty Evaluations for High-Risk Occupations
3. Occupationally Mandated Psychological Evaluations
4. Model for Evaluating Fitness
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Program Partner
American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP)
We are proud to partner with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP) for this training. AAFP is a non-profit organization of board-certified forensic psychologists whose mission is to contribute to the development and maintenance of forensic psychology as a specialized field of study, research, and practice. The Academy does this by providing high-quality continuing education workshops, providing a forum for the exchange of scientific information among its members, and conferring awards upon outstanding students and practitioners in the field of forensic psychology.
CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.