Learning how to do great science requires a toolbox of skills. Skills for effectively communicating science. To secure funding for scientific work. To identify where and when job opportunities arise. To get the offers to start your first job and build the record to keep that job. No one takes a class to acquire this toolbox, who has the time? Yet, we still need these tools, so where do we find them? We launched the Future Directions Forum to help you build your scientific toolbox. At the Forum, we dedicate a full day to offering professional development workshops, as well as small group and one-on-one expert consultations on all aspects of academic work. We have an exciting set of opportunities for professional development training:
Workshops
For 2019, the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (JCCAP), Andres De Los Reyes, will deliver a series of professional development workshops focused on publishing peer-reviewed articles: (1) Improving clarity in your writing; (2) Maneuvering your way through the peer-review process; and (3) Organizing your published work into a research program. At the Forum, we know that workshops on publishing may not cater to all attendees’ interests or be of relevance to attendees regardless of their level of training. Thus, the Forum’s Professional Development Team delivers Breakout Workshops that are tailor-made for attendees at advanced levels of training (e.g., post-doctoral fellows and early career faculty). These workshops cover such topics as:
- networking at conferences
- job searching and negotiation
- grant writing
- work-life balance
Reserved Consultations
Members of our team also lead small-group meetings called Pocket Labs where attendees receive advice on ongoing research projects. Attendees can also reserve one-on-one Grant Consult sessions with representatives from the National Institutes of Health and Institute of Education Sciences to receive advice on a grant application. Further, attendees can reserve one-on-one time with the Editor-in-Chief of JCCAP and Editors from theProfessional Development Team (i.e., Editor’s Corner) to receive advice on a scholarly manuscript. We have seen a great deal of demand for our one-on-one and small-group consultations! To learn more about these opportunities, visit: https://jccapfuturedirectionsforum.weebly.com/2019-programming.html. Once you register for the Forum you receive access to reserving slots in our Pocket Labs, Grant Consults, and Editor’s Corners. Please visit here for information on registration: http://bit.ly/JCCAPForumRegisterDC.