
The SCCAP Board of Directors is excited to sponsor a conference with the focus on children and adolescents and the professionals who treat them!
? Registration Opens January 15, 2025. Spaces are limited. Refund Policy: Prior to June 1, 2025, a 75% refund is available contingent upon your space being filled from the Waitlist.
The Conference will feature:
- Keynote Presentations offering Continuing Education (CE) Credits
- Panel Discussions
- Poster Sessions – Juried
- Networking Opportunities
- SCCAP Special Interest Group Sessions
- Awards Presentation
- Leadership Education to Advance Diversity (LEAD)
- Clinical Practice Institute (CPI) Sessions
Call for Posters:
October 1, 2024- January 15, 2025.
Use the following link to submit abstracts: SUBMISSIONS
Accepted poster PDFs will be posted to this page after the conference.
Questions: Posters@SCCAP53.org
Keynote Speakers

John Weisz, PhD
Henry Ford II Research Professor of the Social Sciences
Harvard University
Presentation: Celebrating the Past, Present, and Future of SCCAP

Rebecca Ford-Paz, PhD
Clinical Child Psychologist
Co-Director of the Forensic Assessment for Immigration Relief (FAIR) Clinic
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Associate Professor of Psychiatry &Behavioral Sciences
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Presenting on Immigrant/refugee mental health

Sarah E. Burgamy, PsyD
PhoenixRISE – Owner
Lead Psychologist Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology at APA.
Presenting on Legal and Ethical Issues in Gender Affirming Care

Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter, PhD
Child Clinical Psychologist Faculty/Supervisor
Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center
Presenting on Multicultural Issues in Youth Mental Health
The Conference Planning Committee:
Mary Louise Cashel, PhD, Co-Chair | Juventino Hernandez Rodriguez, PhD | Rachel Schein, PsyD | Shimei Nelapati |
Tim A. Cavell, PhD, Co-Chair | Jennifer Hughes, PhD, MPH | Erlanger Turner, PhD | Hide Okuno |
Sarah Kate Bearman, PhD | Michael Meinzer, PhD | Ana Ugueto, PhD | Meghan Rech |
Laura Dilly, PhD ABPP | Jarrod M. Leffler, PhD, ABPP | Monica Whitehead, PhD | |
Lynda Gibson, PhD, Poster Chairs | Jennifer Serico PhD | Artesia Dunbar, PsyM, MEd |
For additional information contact Mary Louise at Conference@SCCAP53.org