Division 16 invites your proposals for the APA’s 2025 Annual Convention in Denver, CO! We are excited to be back in Denver and hope to see you there! The convention will be held from August 7 to 9, 2025.
Proposals are encouraged in all areas related to school psychology. We will accept skill-building sessions, symposia, critical conversations, and posters. Poster presentations will be in person or virtual, you may indicate your preference in the application portal.
We are accepting proposals now through January 8, 2025, at 5:00 PM Eastern time. Presenters are encouraged to request to be considered for CE credits. APA will make decisions about CE sessions after proposals are accepted.
Skill Building Session (50 minutes): Skill Building sessions should offer practical experience to help participants increase their understanding and skills in a particular area of current interest in psychology. Activities and discussions should be woven into the session plan to help attendees apply learnings to their work. Session topics might include (but are not limited to) demonstrations of various methodologies, interviews, therapeutic or assessment techniques, and statistical or scientific approaches.
Symposia (50 minutes): Symposia are focused sessions in which multiple speakers present information related to a unifying topic viewed as a significant common theme, issue, or question. The presentations generally include a data review but may include discussions of contrasting viewpoints or other innovative strategies for engaging the audience. A symposium should consist of 2 or 3 brief presentations of research, practice, or educational content. Other symposia roles, including chairs and discussants, are optional.
Critical Conversations (50 minutes): Critical Conversations support informed conversations between presenters and audience members. These sessions should begin with one or more brief presentations designed to provide the information needed for the audience to participate in the discussion effectively. The chair should act as a moderator to ensure that most of the time in the discussion portion is spent conversing with the audience.
Poster (50 minutes): Present research findings, new ideas, innovations, and advances in the profession may be shared with as many individuals as possible. Poster sessions allow presenters and attendees to engage in extended discussions regarding the author’s presentation that is in an illustrated format on a poster board. Posters will be accepted for in person or virtual sessions. In-person presenters will also be able to participate in the virtual poster hall. Virtual-only poster presenters are not required to register for APA 2024 to upload their materials but are required to register for the virtual event if they want to participate as an attendee.
Grand Research Competitions: APA divisions will select two top poster submissions: one poster with a first author who is an APAGS member/APA student affiliate and one with a first author who is an APA member. These posters will be showcased during APA 2025 in Denver, CO.
Cash prizes will be awarded for the best poster, graded on innovation, scientific merit, and poster presentation style. The most outstanding poster from each category will be announced and awarded the top prize. Prize selection will be made ONLY among posters presented in person during Saturday’s Science in the Morning session.
Division 16 Student Poster Competitions: Additionally, Division 16 will hold a student poster competition across the two division 16 poster sessions. All identified first author, student posters will be automatically entered into the division 16 student poster competition.
Continuing Education Workshops – Due January 8, 2025, at 5:00pm Eastern Time. More information: https://convention.apa.org/proposals/division-programs#ce
All proposals should be submitted through APA’s convention proposal portal. Available at https://convention.apa.org/proposals
Those with questions about proposal formats or submission requirements should contact Division 16 Convention Chair Patrice Leverett (pleverett@luc.edu) and/or Division 16 Convention Co-Chair Stephanie Campbell (stmc.campbell@gmail.com).