It is our honor to have shared the experience of APA 2024 with amazing presenters and attendees and the SCCAP community. We are inspired by the work you all are doing and presented in Seattle, WA for the 2024 APA convention! It was a wonderful experience to be able to come together in person to share knowledge and passion about the field of clinical child and adolescent psychology. The Social Hour and 25th Anniversary panel were special highlights, with time for friends and colleagues to reconnect and new relationships to form!

Our SCCAP program at the 2024 APA convention was a reminder of how far we’ve come and the work there is still to do! We had the unique opportunity to hear from our past presidents Dr. Yo Jackson, Dr. Elizabeth McCauley, Dr. Joan Asarnow, and Dr. Steve Lee in an exciting panel. Our distinguished career award winners Dr. Ann Masten and Dr. Jarrod Leffler provided us with perspectives on resilience in development using multisystem models and treating youth in need of acute intensive interventions, prospectively. Our early career diversity award winner, Dr. Jocelyn Meza also presented her work on equitable suicide prevention among structurally marginalized youth.

Our members also engaged with our programming at the “Space Noodle” including events held by the Leadership Education to Advance Diversity (LEAD) program and our Special Interest Groups (SIGs). We hope this type of informal programming provided you with the opportunity to learn more about SCCAP and that type of opportunities available, as well as networking and sharing with members within the SCCAP community. If you were not able to attend the Main Stage and Feature Stage programming, you can still access presentations at https://convention.apa.org/ on demand if you registered for APA.

We are hopeful that these presentations at APA 2024 will inspire you to stay engaged with SCCAP until next year’s conventions!

2025 will be an exciting year for SCCAP! 

APA in Denver

APA 2025 will be held in Denver, Colorado from August 7-9. We are thrilled to add Co-Chair, Sarah Dickinson, Ph.D., to the convention programming team! Dr. Dickinson is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of South Florida, with expertise in early childhood intervention for trauma and disruptive behavior disorders, trauma-informed systems of care, and equitable access to early intervention. We appreciate the tremendous contributions her unique perspective will bring to the team! 

Posters, Symposia, and Skill-Building Sessions: Due Date TBA but likely January 2025

The SCCAP programming at APA provides you with the opportunity to dive into clinical child and adolescent psychology within the larger APA program. We look forward to receiving submissions for posters, symposia, critical conversations, and skill-building sessions. As always, we encourage individuals from marginalized and underrepresented groups to apply and share their unique perspectives, as well as proposals that represent the unique needs of underserved and/or underrepresented populations. Lastly, we value our members across settings and degree status (i.e., trainees, early career professionals, practicing psychologists, researchers, and academics) and encourage you to contribute and participate in the proposal submission process! Be on the lookout for the 2025 Call for Proposals portal on the APA website and on our listserv in late October/early November.  

SCCAP Conference: The Inaugural

This coming year, SCCAP will be hosting our inaugural SCCAP conference at the University of Illinois, Chicago from June 5-7. Keynote speakers include Dr. John Weisz, Dr. Rebecca Ford-Paz, Dr. Sarah Burgamy, and Dr. Olivia Moorhead-Slaughter. Topics will include immigrant and refugee mental health, legal and ethical issues in gender affirming care, and multicultural issues in youth mental health. The conference will also provide opportunities for panel discussions, continuing education credits, networking, and presentations from our SCCAP Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The Leadership Education to Advance Diversity (LEAD) program and Clinical Practice Institute (CPI) sessions, that you all have become familiar with, will also be linked within the SCCAP conference. We couldn’t be more excited about the inaugural SCCAP conference and look forward to seeing you all there! Also, keep a lookout for a call for poster submissions soon!

Please feel free to reach out to us at our SCCAP conference email address: APAConvention@sccap53.org. We are happy to give feedback and provide more information as you prepare your proposals.