
The SCCAP Board of Directors is excited to sponsor a Pre-Conference and 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:
- PRE-CONFERENCE: The Clinical Practice Institute
- Keynote Presentations offering Continuing Education (CE) Credits
- Panel Discussions
- Poster Sessions – Juried
- Networking Opportunities
- SCCAP Special Interest Group Sessions
- Featured SIG Presentation: Training Bilingual Psychologists
- CE Presentations from Division 53 Career Award Recipients
Location:
University of Illinois Chicago
Student Center West
828 S Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
To reduce conference costs, we do not have a designated hotel or block of rooms. Click here to see nearby hotels.
Keynote Speakers

John Weisz, PhD
Henry Ford II Research Professor of the Social Sciences
Harvard University
Presentation: The Big Picture of Youth Psychotherapy: Take-homes from 60 Years of Research

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
Presentation: Children Seeking Safety: The evolving role of clinical psychologists in supporting the mental health of refugees/displaced youth

Sarah E. Burgamy, PsyD
PhoenixRISE – Owner
Lead Psychologist Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology at APA.
Presentation: What’s New in Genderland: Evolving Ethical and Legal considerations, Professional Guidelines and Culturally Competent Therapeutic Practice for Gender Affirming Care with Youth

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
Presentation: Psychology’s Multicultural Imperative: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children, Adolescents, and Families with Cultural Humility, Responsiveness, and Care
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