Membership Committee Update

Membership Committee Update

By Chrissy Cammaratta, PhD, ABPP
Member-At-Large: Membership and Public Interest

I’m so pleased to be writing to you with many exciting updates. It seems that for the first time in so long, we may be able to convene in person in Minneapolis for the 2022 APA Convention August 4-6. We have some exciting programming planned and I’m looking forward to meeting and connecting with many of you again.

I would be remiss if I didn’t take this opportunity to remind you that there is still time to renew your membership. If that remains on your “to do list,” please take a moment and visit SCCAP53.org so you don’t miss out on great membership benefits like our listserv, newsletter, convention programming, and so much more!

Our SIGs have been busy this year! I am pleased to announce our newest addition: the Bilingual Child and Adolescent Psychologist SIG. This SIG is joining a growing and quite active group. Be on the lookout for events organized by each of our SIGs in our SCCAP suite at APA, including the Acute and Intensive Residential Services (AIRS), Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, and Clinical Child and Adolescent Practice SIGs. It has been wonderful seeing many of you connecting on shared interests.

I’m also excited to celebrate the launch of our new Ambassador Program. Our program chair, Ana Ugueto, PhD, ABPP, along with our very first Ambassadors, will create awareness about SCCAP and the many benefits of SCCAP membership at universities and training programs through community outreach at fairs and club meetings and hosting social events to recruit new members. Please be on the lookout for more information coming soon!

The 2021 – 2023 Student Ambassadors are:

• Natalie Angelo, University of Hartford
• Yaritza Cadena, Texas A&M International University
• Sera Levy, University of Alabama
• Vanessa Liang, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
• Megan Summers, Spalding University

As always, we know you could be a member of so many organizations, and I want to say thank you for choosing us. I continue to be so impressed by this group and the support we offer to each other. I hope to see many of you soon.