SCCAP Distinguished Career Award for Practice and Training
Forecasted
SCCAP Distinguished Career Award for Practice and Training supports clinicians and supervisors by recognizing lasting work that expands access to evidence-based mental health care for children and adolescents.
Funder: Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (APA Div 53)
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Consolidated application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $500 recognition stipend and plaque, with additional travel funds if required for an invited presentation
Summary: Recognizes practicing clinicians and supervisors whose enduring contributions improve access to evidence-based child and adolescent mental health services.
Key Information: Applicants must be U.S.-domiciled SCCAP members; individuals working primarily as researchers are ineligible.
Description
The Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP), Division 53 of the American Psychological Association, recognizes clinical child and adolescent practitioners who have made significant, enduring contributions to the awareness, accessibility, or implementation of evidence-based mental health services. The award honors currently practicing clinicians and supervisors who translate scientifically derived clinical knowledge into broader state, national, or international practice, particularly for diverse, vulnerable, or underserved groups.
Recognized work includes service delivery strategies that expand access to evidence-based treatment or assessment, innovative clinician training, collaboration with policymakers, and public education that increases the visibility of evidence-based practices. The emphasis is on service quality and public access, rather than scientific productivity measured through publications or research grants.
