Science & Practice Committee Update

Science & Practice Committee Update

By Jennifer L. Hughes, PhD, MPH
Member-at-Large: Science & Practice

Our second SCCAP Clinical Practice Institute (CPI) is scheduled! CPI is an exciting series of three 3-hour interactive seminars, with a focus on tangible, evidence-based practices and recommendations to take straight to clinical practice. The sessions are a combination of presentation, handouts, recommended readings, and break-out sessions (with small group discussion and/or role play).

The recently released 2023 APA Health Advisory on Social Media Use in Adolescents examined the potential beneficial and harmful effects of social media use on adolescents’ social, educational, psychological, and neurological development, through the lens of psychological science. The Expert Advisory Panel published 10 recommendations to support healthy social media use in youth. This year’s CPI, “Navigating Technology and Social Media Use with Children, Adolescents, and Families: Clinical Implications of APA Guidance on Social Media Use” aims to support SCCAP members in taking these recommendations to practice – helping children, adolescents, and families take these psychological science recommendations into their homes and daily lives.

Based on feedback from our membership, we moved CPI from summer to fall for 2023. Our first seminar by Sophia Choukas-Bradley, PhD, entitled “Navigating Social Media Use in Adolescents and Families: Evidence-Based Strategies for Clinicians in an Ever Changing Digital World” was a great success. Thank you, Dr. Choukas-Bradley, for sharing valuable information and strategies with our attendees! Please mark your calendars for the next two seminars: November 3, and December 1. CPI sessions will be held virtually from 12:00-3:00 pm ET. Please see the CPI ad in this newsletter for additional information on our fabulous speakers and how to register. 

I would like to thank the SCCAP 2023 CPI Sub-Committee members for their ongoing contributions to these sessions: Marilyn Sampilo, PhD, Sherelle Harmon, PhD, LCSW, Regine Galanti, PhD, Omar Guidino, PhD, Jen Reese, PhD, Aleksandra Foxwell, PhD, and Lucas Zullo, PhD! If you would like to become more involved in SCCAP and are interested in contributing to the Science or Practice Committees, please contact me at Jennifer.Hughes@nationwidechildrens.org