Division 16 invites your proposals for the APA’s 2027 Annual Convention in San Francisco, CA! We are excited to be back in San Francisco and hope to see you there! The convention will be held from August 12 to 14, 2027. Sign up for the convention newsletter to stay up to date with 2027 Convention.
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 from Monday, November 2, 2027 through Wednesday, January 13, 2027, at 5:00 PM Eastern time. All presenters are strongly encouraged to request to be considered for CE credits. Please see the information at the bottom of this call for more information about submitting your session for CE credits. The APA Office of CE Sponsor Approval makes decisions about CE sessions after proposals are accepted.
Skill Building Session (60 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 (60 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 (60 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 (60 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 2027 to upload their materials but are required to register for the virtual event if they want to participate as an attendee.
- Division 16 Student Poster Competitions: Additionally, Division 16 will hold a student poster competition across the 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 13, 2027, at 5:00pm Eastern Time. More information: https://convention.apa.org/proposals/division-programs#ce
CE sessions are selected after accepted proposals have been notified. During submission, you will be asked “If your session is accepted by the Division to which you sent your submission, would you like your session to be reviewed to offer CE credits?” We strongly encourage all session proposals to be submitted for CE consideration at the time of submission.
If you know during the time of submission that you want your proposal to be considered for CE credits, please include the following in your submission:
- Provide no more than two (2) learning objectives and a reference list.
- To be eligible for CE review, the Instructor Qualifications Section for CE Presenters must also be completed for each Chair/Co-Chair and/or Participant.
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 Briana Williams (williamsbri25@ecu.edu) and/or Division 16 Convention Co-Chair Monica Romero (mromero@austin.utexas.edu).