SCCAP is seeking nominations for the following board positions:
- President-Elect
- Secretary
- Member at Large-Membership
SCCAP encourages and welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, ethnicity, disability, gender, geography, nationality, race, religion, and sexual orientation.
Candidates must have a strong commitment to the SCCAP mission and the availability to accomplish the tasks outlined for their specific position.
- All positions assume responsibility on January 1, 2028.
- Each term runs for three years (2028-2030). In addition to the responsibilities listed below each board member is expected to participate in monthly conference calls and attend two Board of Directors meetings per year.
- Each board member should identify best practices for implementing evidence-based and culturally informed practices to support mental health professionals that work with children and adolescents as it relates to their board position.
- All candidates must be a member of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53). Some positions require membership in APA. See specific position descriptions.
- All candidates must agree to and sign the Board Conduct, Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest Agreement
- Personal Statements, CVs, and headshots of the official slate will be posted to the SCCAP53.org Elections page.
- Read the full position descriptions on SCCAP53.org under the Events and News tab.
Email the application information listed below to SCCAP@SCCAP53.org:
- Vita,
- Headshot,
- Signed SCCAP Conduct, Confidentiality, and Conflict of Interest Agreement, and
- Personal statement.
Personal statements should be divided into two sections: (1) a bio describing your background, and (2) a statement describing your interest in the position and SCCAP. The full statement should not exceed 500 words. Self-nominations are accepted.
The Elections Committee reviews all applications and selects a slate to be presented to the Executive Committee for a vote. Candidates will be notified in late January about the official slate of candidates.
Deadline for nomination submissions is December 15, 2026
Please direct any questions to the Central Office at SCCAP@SCCAP53.org
DESCRIPTIONS OF OPEN POSITIONS
1. President-Elect (2028):
The President-Elect has a term of three (3) years, sequentially serving as President-Elect(2028), President(2029), and Past President(2030).
Responsibilities for the President-Elect year:
- The President-Elect shall serve as an active voting member of the BOD and attend all meetings.
- Work with the Program Chair and Associate Chair to develop the APA program for the following year (President-Elect’s Presidential year).
- Before January of the Presidential year, in consultation with the Student Board members, appoint a Student Representative to serve during the Presidential and Past presidential years.
- Plan the Mid-Winter Meeting to be held during your presidential year
- Meet with the President and Central Office during the APA annual meeting to review duties and timelines for the presidential year.
- Trio Assignment- Serve as the chair of the Awards Committee
- Read Annual reports, minutes, Operations Manual , bylaws and other historical documents.
- Select optional Presidential Initiative or focus for the year.
- Serve on the Finance Committee.
Complete online APA Division Leadership Training. - Participate in general duties of the Board of Directors
- Serve on Committees and complete tasks as assigned by the President.
Member-at-Large, Membership (term 2028-2030):
The overarching responsibilities are increasing society membership and members’ connectedness to the society through the development of programs and membership benefits. The focus of this MAL is to create programs and incentives that retain members, recruit new members, and transition students to full members.
General Responsibilities
- Attend all SCCAP Meetings, Serves as a voting member of the Board
- Oversee the Membership drive and renewal process
- Supervise and develop plans to recruit and maintain Early Career Professionals.
- Supervise the university liaison program that communicates membership benefits through department chairs, training directors, and student liaisons.
- Supervise and recruit the Special Interest Groups.
- Chair or appoint a chair to the Membership Committee, appoint members, and report activities back to the board.
- Continually update the board on the membership statistics.
- Work with the Central Office to approve copy for member-related documents, membership brochures, stock advertisements, banners, etc.
- Work with the Treasurer to establish dues rates.
- Provide articles for the newsletter.
- Provide Social Media content
- Maintain information relevant to membership on the SCCAP website
Secretary (term 2028-2030):
- The Secretary is an officer and voting member of the Board of Directors and serves as recording secretary and parliamentarian of all official board meetings. As well as performing all other duties of a Secretary as required.
- The Secretary is responsible for documenting the work of the society and the orderly storage of Board documents.
- Serves as a signatory on the SCCAP bank accounts and assumes check authorization if the treasurer is unable
- Serves on committees as appointed by the SCCAP president