Mastering the PAI
(Personality Assessment Inventory)
Dig Deeper into personality
Improve treatment planning with the PAI
Thursday 6 March 2025
9am - 3.30pm
Auckland
Psychological Assessment Australia (PAA) are proud suppliers of the PAI in Australia. They have teamed up with Dr Phil Watts to run a full-day workshop on the PAI including the recent PAI-Plus extensions.
For the last 25 years the PAI has been establishing itself as a psychological instrument of practical utility in assessing clinical pathology. This workshop is designed to help psychologists get the most from an assessment which involves the PAI whether it is used in a clinical practice, forensic assessment, or for selection.
The focus of the workshop is on practical skills training. The format of the day involves an initial review of the nature and structure of the PAI clinical scales in the morning. The practical skills training involves analysing a real protocol to establish confidence in using this tool both in formal assessments and clinical cases. The afternoon section focuses on response style indicators and detecting positive and negative (malingering) response patterns.
This workshop uses group discussion throughout the day. A range of cases are considered including family court, workers compensation, criminal related matters, and clinical assessment. The cases are real clients. Application in personnel selection is touched on.
The morning introductory component assumes no pre-existing knowledge about the PAI. The advanced part of the workshop runs in the afternoon. This includes the new PAI-plus scales and Alternate Model for Personality Disorder scales. We also cover advanced aspects of the PAI, response style indicators, effortful and non-effortful distortions, and other advanced tools. Plus it includes a brief discussion on Corrective Services Norms and Selection Applications.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the workshop you will be able to:-
Determine if a PAI is valid and interpretable
Work out the response style of the respondant
Understand what all the clinical scales mean
Know how to determine effortful and non-effortful distortion
Use the PAI in clinical contexts, forensic assessment, and selection purposes
Use the new Plus scales including Alternate Model for Personality Disorder Scales
Date, Time and Location
This full day workshop will be held on:
Thursday 6 March, 9am - 3.30pm, with Registration with Welcome tea & coffee from 8.30am..
Venue
Parnell Hotel and Conference Centre
10-20 Gladstone Road, Parnell, Auckland 1052
Parking
Free parking for all conference delegates.
Price
Earlybird: $373 incl GST, per person (ends 12 February)
Standard: $450 incl GST, per person
Who should attend?
Facilities that will find using the PAI helpful are
Private practitioners
Substance disorder clinics
Fertility clinics
Correctional facilities
Police departments
Fire departments
Pain clinics
Military Psychologists
Vetting agencies
Registration and Cancellation Details
Registration process
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If you would like to reserve a place, as our workshops fill quickly, or have any issues or questions about your booking, please contact Feona Horrex on 0272040425 or email: feona@grow.co.nz
What happens if you have to cancel?
We know that sometimes your plans can change for many different reasons. Should you be unable to attend, a substitute delegate is welcome to attend at no extra cost. If a substitute delegate is not available and you need to cancel your registration, please be aware of the following:
Up to 7 days prior to the event you will be provided a refund of your registration cost, less a $20.00 inc GST per attendee service charge.
If you cancel within 7 days of the event, you are not eligible to receive a refund. Please note: should your registration not be paid by the time of the event, you are still liable to make the payment. Unpaid accounts may be passed over to our debt collection agency and additional costs may be incurred.
All cancellations must be received in writing (email).
Training is cancellable by GROW with 7 days’ notice if a minimum number of attendees is not met and full refunds will be provided.
Please note: GROW Ltd reserves the right to make any amendments that we may deem to be in the best interest of the workshop – it is however very unlikely and we will notify you as soon as possible should this occur.
For more information see our full Terms of Trade.
Auckland
Thursday 6 March
Venue
The Parnell Hotel & Conference Centre
10/20 Gladstone Road, Parnell, Auckland 1052
Parking
Limited onsite or street parking available.
Workshop times - 9am - 3.30pm, with Registration with Welcome tea & coffee from 8.30am
Meet Dr Phil Watts
Dr Phil Watts, is a well-known and highly regarded adjunct associate professor in clinical psychology and an endorsed forensic psychologist from Western Australia. With 35 years’ experience, the last 31 in private practice he is highly experienced in assessment and treatment.
Dr Phil is the owner and director of Mindstate Psychology in Perth which specialises in forensic assessment, clinical treatment, and neurofeedback treatment. His private practice has 14 practitioners and is still growing. He has extensive experience in psychometric testing. In particular he has run over 30 training workshops for the PAI in Australia, UK, and NZ.
With over 2500 appointments as “Single Expert” in the Family Court in Australia and 1000’s of reports for other courts, he is highly experienced within the legal arena. This includes assessing risk in families and the community. Dr Phil has varied interest and is author of 8 books including “Surviving the Witness Box” (2024); “Shared Care or Divide Lives (2nd Ed)” (2024); and “How to find love and not a psycho” (2020). Due to such broad experience he brings real world experience to his teaching.
When it comes to presenting, Dr Phil frequently presents at national and international conferences and is a dynamic speaker who presents with energy, humour, compassion, and enthusiasm.
CONTACT FEONA
For further details, please contact:
e: feona@grow.co.nz
p: 027 204 0425
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