Public Psychological Services 10/29/2019

the City of Everett. Dr. Vablais has extensive experience evaluating applicants to a variety of fire, police and other public safety positions. Dr.Vablais received her MBA from the University of Washington's Executive program in 2000 and her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Fielding Graduate University in 2007. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the varied presentation of psychopathy in female offenders received an award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. She has extensive experience in forensic assessment which she gained working for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and the Maryland Department of Health& Mental Hygiene. Prior to returning to Washington in 2011,she worked as a psychologist and the Director of Mental Health for the Anne Arundel County Detention Center in Annapolis, Maryland. From 2011—2015, she worked on the executive leadership team at Fairfax Hospital, an acute crisis stabilization inpatient facility.She has provided expert witness testimony in both Maryland and Washington for matters including competency to stand trial, determining criminal responsibility and involuntary civil commitment. She holds membership in the International Association of Chiefs of Police—Psychological Services Section. She is currently licensed in She is currently licensed in Washington, Oregon,Alaska, California, Idaho,Washington DC and Maryland. She joined PSS in 2015. She is also an associate member of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs and is a member of the North Sound Metro SWAT CNT team. C. Describe your experience in diagnosis of first respondents and secondary trauma. Our team has extensive experience in diagnosing and treating first responders. Dr. Vablais spent many years in direct clinical care diagnosing and treating all types of psychiatric diagnoses, including diagnoses or PSTD and related concerns. During both pre-employment and FFDE evaluations, individuals are screened for any past or current psychopathology. When appropriate, particularly in FFDE evaluations, psychiatric diagnoses will be assigned. D. Describe your experience with Public Safety psychological testing and evaluation. Include any specific experience working with firefighters. Our team has extensive experience working with fire departments in Washington State, California,Alaska, Washington, DC, and Virginia. In our decades of combined experience we have conducted over 7,000 pre- employment evaluations of firefighter applicants throughout the U.S. In addition to our evaluation experience, Drs. Mike and Ryan Roberts are co-authors of two of the most widely used psychological screening reports for assessing firefighter applicants. Notably,the two test reports,the CPI and PAI Police and Public Safety Reports,are the only selection instruments based on norms derived from fire applicants. Drs. Mike and Ryan Roberts instruct other psychologists on the use of these instruments for fire and other public safety screening through the country. E. Describe your forensic psychology skills and experience. From 2003 until 2011, Dr.Vablais trained and worked in correctional and/or forensic settings where assessing threat and risk were part of her daily duties In her role working as a staff psychologist for the Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DHMH), and later as a contractor for DHMH, Dr.Vablais conducted structured risk assessments that included a standard test battery,generally including the MMPI-2, MCMI-III, PCL-R,the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) and the HCR- 20. She also taught structured risk assessment to Fielding Graduate University and to practicum students while PSS/LEPS PLLC 6