Submitting Your Proposal for CE
The APA Office of Continuing Education in Psychology sponsors continuing education (CE) credit for selected sessions offered by APA Divisions and governance groups to promote high-quality educational programming at APA 2026.
If you are submitting a Critical Conversation, Skill-Building Session, or Symposium, your session is eligible to be considered for CE credit. Business meetings, committee meetings, Flash Talks, poster sessions, and social hours are not eligible for CE credit.
Why Submit Your Session for CE Eligibility?
Boost your CV.
As a CE presenter, you're part of a select group of presenters charged with providing high-quality educational programming to attendees.
Help fellow attendees.
Many attendees of APA 2026 need to earn CE credits each year to meet their continuing education goals and licensing standards.
Increase session visibility.
CE-eligible sessions are highlighted in the Convention program.
How to be Considered for CE Credit
Review the CE in Psychology Parameters
If you would like to submit your session for CE review, please be sure to review the “APA Standards and Criteria for Approval of Sponsors of Continuing Education for Psychologists” to make sure your session meets the parameters of CE in psychology.
Indicate Your Interest
If your session meets the parameters of CE in psychology, select “Yes” on the Consideration for CE Credit question in the proposal submission platform.
Answer a Few Questions
Complete the following fields in the session submission form:
- Learning Objective
- Reference List (at least three current, relevant, supporting, and complete references)
- Instructor Qualifications (required for Chairs, Co-Chairs, and Presenters. Each person listed in the proposal will receive an email to complete their own Instructor Qualifications)
- Current Employment Title
- Number of Years in Current Position
- Education Background
- Professional Licensure Status
- Teaching Experience
- Previous Professional Positions
NOTE:
The Abstract section of the submission will also be used to review the session for CE.
The CE Session items are included in the APA 2026 program submission form and must be completed at the time of submission. If your session is accepted by the Division to which you submitted a proposal, it will be the Division program chair’s decision to submit the session for CE review to the APA CE Office.
The CE Office will review each session. Decisions are made by mid-May each year. If your session is approved to offer CE credits, the Division program chair will notify you. The number of sessions offering CE credit may be limited due to cost, space considerations, and scheduling of sessions; therefore, not all sessions submitted for CE credit will be approved to offer CE credit.
IMPORTANT! ALL presenters and program participants—members, nonmembers, and students—are required to register and pay the appropriate registration fees for APA 2026. Registration will open in April. We look forward to seeing you virtually or in Washington, DC!
The Call for Proposals closed at 5 p.m. ET, January 14, 2025.
APA 2025 will feature four different session types: Critical Conversations, Flash Talks, Skill-Building Sessions, or Symposia. Learn more about each session type below.
For additional division-specific information and program chairperson contact details, click
here.
