Hammill Institute on Disabilities

Back MatterSource: Learning Disability Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 4, The Politics of Learning Disabilities(Autumn, 1998)Published by: Sage Publications, Inc.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1511178 .

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EDITORIAL POLICY

The major purpose of the Quarterly is to publish educational articles with an applied focus. Furthermore, the main emphasis of each paper should be on disabilities, rather than on topics or studies that incidentally use subjects with learning disabilities or only indirectly relate to the field of learning disabilities.

Papers falling in the following categories with an educational emphasis in learning disabilities are sought:

1. Reports of techniques in identification, assessment, remediation, and programming. The Quarterly will consider papers reporting specific procedures that have been applied to populations with learning disabilities in special and regular class settings. Descriptions of interventions must specify the underlying theoretical, research, or empirical rationale. Interventions without adequate controls and objective evaluative criteria are not acceptable.

2. Interpretive reviews of the literature. The Quarterly will consider papers that provide integrative, critical, and systematic reviews of the literature relating directly to individuals with learning disabilities. Historical surveys are accepted if they present a novel or original approach to a specific topic or area of learning disabilities. The format and objectives of the Quarterly will accommodate comprehensive reports, thus permitting depth and detail not possible in most journals reporting on individuals with learning disabilities. Reviews should be more than annotated bibliographies and should be incisive and critical from the standpoint of basic assumptions, methodology, and technique.

3. Papers advancing theory and the discussion of pertinent issues. The Quarterly will consider papers that specify developing theories or models relating to learner, method, programming or material variables of populations with learning disabilities. Theories or models presented must serve as a tool to guide observation, summarize, and explain specific events. The Quarterly will consider position papers that delineate major issues or trends in the field of learning disabilities. Such papers should include an objective explanation of the various options or positions related to the issue. Proposed solutions should be carefully documented.

4. Reports of original research with an applied focus. The Quarterly will consider papers that present research findings on factors related to the identification, assessment, remediation, or programming of populations with learning disabilities. The direction should be primarily toward "applied" research. The relationship between research findings and practice should be clearly specified.

5. Papers advancing practices in personnel preparation. The Quarterly will consider papers that detail models of programs for preservice and inservice training of learning disability professionals and paraprofessionals. Descriptions of training programs are to specify the theoretical, research, or empirical rationale underlying the procedure or program. Evaluation criteria and results should be specified.

6. In addition to papers falling into the above categories, the Quarterly will also publish: (a) critical reviews of child use, professional, and teacher training materials; (b) articles oriented toward the practical needs of the learning disability practitioner; (c) information pertaining to state and federal legislation, rules, and regulations; and (d) guest editorials.

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

1. A concern of major importance in the learning disability field is population definition. Therefore, authors are requested operationally to define the populations used in studies. In addition, parameters of settings are to be clearly delineated. Such descriptions will facilitate replication and application of results. Articles that fail to specify population and setting variables will be returned to the author for clarification before further editorial review.

2. Consistent with the major purpose of the Quarterly, research articles are to translate major findings to practice and specify the implications for application with learning disability populations or in learning disability settings. Similarly, articles that develop a given theory or model are to be related to practice.

3. Four copies of the typed, double-spaced manuscript (typical manuscript length is 25 pages) are to be sent to the Editor: Dr. Bernice Wong, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr., Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada. Each manuscript must have a cover sheet giving the names and affiliations of all authors and the address of the principal author. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a 100-150 word abstract summarizing the contents. Editing policies are based upon these authorities: Publication Manual, The American Psychological Association, 1994 revision (effective July 1, 1995). Clear writing, adequate tables, and figures of professional quality are matters for which the author is responsible. Once a manuscript has been accepted for publication, authors may be asked to submit camera-ready copies of figures and tables as well as a copy of the edited manuscript on disk. Manuscripts falling significantly short on these considerations will be returned for revision prior to further editorial review.

4. Submission of a manuscript to the journal clearly implies commitment to publish in it. Articles previously published or those under consideration by another journal are not acceptable.

5. The points of view expressed within the Quarterly are those of the writers themselves and do not necessarily represent the individual or collective opinion of the officers or members of the Council for Learning Disabilities. Therefore, neither the Council nor the Quarterly can assume responsibility for services, materials, or techniques presented in the joural.

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