PPC-107

Pre-Test Interview

Minimum Contact Hours: 32

Instructor(s):

Ray Nash

Course Topics:

• The underlying rationale of pre-test interview procedures
• How to conduct free narrative, structured, and semi-structured interviews
• The importance of pre-test preparation and rapport building
• Introduction to the Inductive Interviewing System™
• Practical scenarios to practice pre-test interviewing techniques
• Other issues regarding forensic interviewing and procedures.

Course Materials:

IPP PowerPoint™ presentation – Pre-Test Interview

IPP PowerPoint™ presentation – Inductive Interviewing System

Fundamentals of Polygraph Practice – pp. 134, 151-156

Inductive Interview System Course Manual

Journal articles, reading materials, and video recordings relevant to the course topics

Assignment:

Students will prepare a 500-word minimum research paper related to one or more of the course topics as approved by IPP. The paper will be factually accurate, relevant to the course material, materially free of substantive typographical or grammatical errors, and appropriately referenced according to the American Psychology Association standards.

Exam:

A comprehensive exam will be administered at the conclusion of this course of instruction with a minimum passing score of 80% required for successful completion. 



*Instructors are subject to change depending on availability. Qualified instructors may be substituted on an as-needed basis.