The SCN Strategic Plan
Guiding Principles
- Equity, Justice, & Inclusion. Build and maintain a just, fair, equitable, and inclusive organization that is informed by the wisdom and contributions of all individuals, values diversity, and promotes humility and life-long learning.
- Integrity & Courage. Act in an honest, transparent, ethical, and trustworthy manner, promote accountability, and make amends for any wrongs incurred.
- Advocacy. Demonstrate a steadfast commitment to advancing neuropsychology and supporting neuropsychology professionals (e.g., neuropsychologists, students, and trainees) and all people whom we serve, particularly those who have been disempowered, disenfranchised, and/or marginalized, to improve the human condition.
- Innovation & Relevance. Innovate and adapt based on a process of self-evaluation, continually striving to evolve to promote neuropsychology’s value to society.
- Community & Collaboration. Build and maintain a strong and supportive community, where collaborations are sought and nurtured, to advance knowledge and brain health for all individuals.
- Value to Members. Provide resources, supports, and networks that advance the professional development and well-being of all members, at every stage of their career.
Operating Principles
- Promote and maintain inclusive excellence. Promote diverse narratives and experiences in all aspects of SCN in a manner that demonstrates integrity, fairness, respectfulness, intellectual curiosity, and cultural humility in all actions.
- Increase organizational effectiveness. Communicate and collaborate internally and externally with openness, honesty, clarity, trust, and respect, make value-based and fiscally responsible decisions informed by the best available evidence, invest in strategic priorities, create space for new and diverse contributions, and emphasize outcomes, expectations, and accountability.
- Focus on impact. Display courage by actively developing and engaging in innovative and collaborative efforts, aligned with SCN’s values and aimed at significantly bettering SCN, neuropsychology, and society.
Strategic Priorities
- Increase neuropsychology’s value to society
- Strengthen SCN’s position as a leader in neuropsychology advocacy
- Improve and support EDI within SCN (including SCN’s structures, processes, policies, and culture) and neuropsychology
- Support education and training across the career span
- Promote the effective communication of information and access to resources
Objectives
- Expand neuropsychology’s value to society
- Promote the public’s awareness and understanding of neuropsychology
- Support efforts to make psychological science accessible and understandable to all stakeholders (e.g., the public, peers from other disciplines, and key decision-makers)
- Support efforts that expand equitable access to neuropsychological services
- Increase the diversity of neuropsychologists to better represent the diversity in society
- Promote technology and innovation that advances neuropsychological science, improves clinical care, protects human rights, and reduces healthcare disparities
- Advocate for the advancement of culturally responsive frameworks that advance neuropsychological science and improve clinical care
- Strengthen SCN’s position as a leader in neuropsychology advocacy
- Expand SCN’s participation and impact within APA
- Increase the impact of neuropsychology on policy decisions at the national, state, and local levels
- Cultivate effective collaborations with APA and other professional groups and organizations
- Facilitate the development of leaders in neuropsychology advocacy and policy
- Foster membership engagement in advocacy to support neuropsychology and psychology
- Improve and support equity, justice, and inclusion within SCN (including SCN’s structures, processes, policies, and culture) and neuropsychology
- Advocate for system-level changes to support the retention and advancement of diverse individuals within the field of neuropsychology
- Support the well-being, development, advancement, and visibility of diverse, minoritized, and/or marginalized SCN members
- Be intentionally inclusive to promote diversity and leadership throughout SCN governance
- Promote effective collaborations on issues of equity, justice, and inclusion with other organizations
- Advocate for the development, use, and expansion of demographically diverse normative datasets and tools consistent with a culturally responsive framework
- Support education and training across the career span
- Foster the development of neuropsychology students and trainees as professional leaders
- Promote and strengthen the acquisition of knowledge and skills in neuropsychology science, practice, education, and advocacy within a culturally competent framework
- Facilitate the development of neuropsychologists as experts in the communication of neuropsychology-related information
- Promote professional development opportunities tailored to members at different stages of their career
- Foster the advancement of neuropsychologists and neuropsychology trainees from historically marginalized communities
- Promote the effective communication of information and access to resources
- Structure and strengthen SCN’s internal mechanisms to enhance communication and collaboration
- Strengthen the bi-directional communication between SCN members and SCN governance
- Expand the reach and effectiveness of the information and resources distributed to members, collaborators, and the general public
- Facilitate member awareness of state and national policies that impact neuropsychology
- Ensure broad and timely dissemination of SCN policies, resources, initiatives, and key governance decisions to SCN members
