During 2013, the leadership of the Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP) outlined guidelines for the development of special interest groups and agreed to support the development of an Emerging Adulthood Special Interest Group (EA SIG).

At the annual convention in August of 2014, a small group met to launch an SCCAP EA SIG dedicated to the ‘development, organization, and dissemination of knowledge that will improve the delivery of psychological services to young people needing support as they negotiate diverse pathways into early adulthood.’ Over more than four years, this group met regularly and made substantial progress toward realizing that goal. Unfortunately, this initial effort waned with the departure of several key people.  Interest in an SCCAP EA SIG has, however, continued.

If you are interested in helping to resurrect the SCCAP EA SIG, please join us on Thursday, June 23, 2022 from 3:30 to 4:30PM to hear a brief presentation about the unique developmental phase of emerging adulthood, learn more about the history of the EA SIG, and help plan for its future. Anyone interested, regardless of their level of professional development, is invited to join a Zoom meeting using this hyperlink: https://zoom.us/j/93453788289.  If needed, the Zoom meeting ID is 934 5378 8289. There is no passcode. Please feel free to pass this invitation along to anyone who may be interested.

The meeting will be hosted by Thomas McMahon, PhD and Amanda Zayde, PsyD. Tom is an Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and the previous director of the Young Adult Service at the Connecticut Mental Health Center. Amanda is an Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, co-Director of the Becoming an Emerging Adult at Montefiore (BEAM) program, and Associate Director of Psychology Internship Training at Montefiore Medical Center. Both helped begin the SCCAP EA SIG in 2014.

If you have questions before the meeting, please send a note to either Tom at thomas.mcmahon@yale.edu or Amanda at azayde@montefiore.org.