The Student View

Updates From the SCCAP Student Development Committee

The Student View

Updates From the SCCAP Student Development Committee

By Hong Bui & Sarah Kim
SCCAP Student Representatives and Student Development Committee Co-Chairs

The SCCAP Student Development Committee (SDC) was formed in 2010 to provide students with an opportunity to become involved in SCCAP’s governing activities. The SDC is responsible for initiatives geared toward supporting student development at all stages in their training trajectories from undergraduate to postdoc. Discover current SDC projects to help you take advantage of everything we offer and let us know what you would like to see more of!

What We’ve Been Up To

• New Committee Members! We onboarded 9 new committee members this year to serve on our mentorship, programming, and awards committees. Members have already been busy at work coordinating programming and events for students.
  • Mentorship: Pauline Serrano, Ryan Kenneally, and Nhi Hoang
  • Programming: Katie Moskowitz, Annika Quam, Will Morgan
  • Awards: Amanda Neal, Ainsley Patrick, Tom Harrison
• Mentorship Committee: Each summer the SDC Mentorship Program partners undergraduate students/graduate students interested in clinical child and adolescent psychology careers with graduate students/early career professionals in the field. This cycle, the mentorship committee is working hard to match more than 70 mentor-mentee pairings! More information about the SDC Mentorship Program is available here. (Members will need to log in to their SCCAP account to view and sign up for the mentorship program.)
• Programming Committee: The SDC organizes an annual webinar focused on applying to clinical internships every summer! This summer, the internship webinar will occur on July 23rd at 7 PM EST and include a fantastic panel of three internship training directors, one incoming intern, and one exiting intern. Be on the look out for registration information via email and access the recording on our website here.
  • SDC at the SCCAP conference: It was wonderful to meet some of our fellow SCCAP student members at the Student Social Hour at the SCCAP conference in Chicago earlier in June. The SDC Programming Committee hosted a networking lunch for student members, and many new connections were formed. Check out pictures below! Thank you to those who stopped by to grab a bite, network, relax, and share thoughts on what they would like to see from the SDC!
  • SDC at APA: We are excited to see students at APA in August! See you all at the Division 53 Poster sessions, membership meetings, and more!
• Awards Committee: Each year, SDC awards up to eight Student Achievement Awards to undergraduate and graduate students in recognition of their contributions to the field (research and clinical work), as well as up to six Professional Development Awards, to fund student conference and/or training opportunities. Please congratulate our 2025 winners featured here and here! The next award cycle will occur October 1 – Jan 5, 2026. Please be on the lookout for announcements!

As always, we encourage student members to contact their student representatives (students@sccap53.org) if they have any suggestions or ideas for improving existing initiatives or new programming.