All proposals must be received via email no later than December 8th, 2025

Los Angeles County Psychological Association
38th Annual Convention

Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
HILTON WOODLAND HILLS

Featured Afternoon Speaker:

Click Here To Submit Your 2026 Convention Presentation Application 

• Submission Requirements please review these instructions carefully:
• Proposals must be submitted through the application above
• OR via email as a word file. 
  You may download an application and submit via email by clicking here 
• or contact the LACPA office, complete the questions on the application and email your application, CV, and photo to the LACPA office [email protected].
• Proposals that do not follow the application format and/or are missing information will be returned without consideration.  
• No honorarium is provided for convention presenters. If presenters plan to attend the full convention, registration, at a discounted rate, is required. 
• Reasonable A/V equipment will be provided.
• Multimedia presentations are required.
• The LACPA Convention Committee is accepting proposals on all topics.
• Attendees have expressed interest in programs on:
  AI
  Addiction
  ADHD
  Diversity & Social Justice
  Geriatric Care
  Health
  Innovative Therapeutic Techniques
  Integration in clinical practice
  Law and Ethics
  New Research with Implications for Practice
  OCD/Harm OCD
  Political Polarization
  Women’s Mental Health  

• Multicultural perspectives on all topics are welcomed.
• Proposals will be reviewed by the LACPA Convention Committee.
• Please note that the Committee receives a large number of submissions and some are on the same topic. Therefore, broad clinical appeal and uniqueness of approach do help a presentation stand out. Upon request, a sample Convention Proposal Rating Sheet is available. This sheet serves as a broad gauge used by the Committee for proposal selection. The Committee also makes its decision based on the following guidelines:
• Proposals should reflect intermediate to advanced levels of learning, the more advanced the better;
• A limited number of presentations will be selected;
• Proposal topics should be based upon clearly stated educational goals and objectives;
• Proposals should reflect applicability and relevance to doctoral-level psychologists in the areas of clinical practice, theory, research, and methodology;
• Proposals should demonstrate how the presentation will be organized in order to best facilitate the learning process for attendees;
• Proposals should be objective (i.e., not reflecting any commercial views of the provider or presenter or anyone giving financial assistance to the provider or presenter);
• Proposals should be accompanied by a syllabus that contains instructional objectives, learning methods (i.e., lecture, slideshow, video, case material, etc.), and an outline of the major points to be presented;
• Should you require assistance or clarification, please do not hesitate to call the LACPA office at 818-905-0410.
• All proposals must be received via email no later than December 8, 2025. 
• All presentations will be for a three-hour time frame.
• There is a maximum of two presenters and one moderator per session.

For consideration, convention proposals must include:

• Completed Application through LACPA website
• Section E. of the application: authorization by all presenters, chairs, moderators named on the application
• Abstract - maximum of 50 words 
• Course Goals and Educational Objectives, Course Outline & References 
• Bio (maximum 60 words) for each presenter 
• CV of each presenter (may be pdf)
• One headshot photograph of each presenter (233 KB or higher jpg file required)