Psychology of Violence: Special Issue : Technology and Violence: Risk, Prevention, Intervention, and Methodology
Submission Deadline: December 1, 2011 http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/vio/call-for-papers-technology.aspx
Co-Editors: David Sugarman and Teena Willoughby
Psychology of Violence invites manuscripts for a special issue on the association of technology and violence. This will also include the way that technology can aid in the study, prevention, and treatment of violent behavior. Although advancing technology has improved the life quality of many individuals, potential negative consequences can accompany these improvements. For example, social networking websites permit considerable self-expression and a larger social network, but can also serve as arenas for harassers and sexual predators to find their victims. Yet, although technology may increase access to victims or reduce barriers for some forms of violence, advanced technology can also aid researchers and practitioners in their efforts to investigate violent behavior and develop potential forms of intervention and prevention. The special issue will focus on efforts to understand the relationship of technology and violence in terms of causes and risk factors. This special issue will also emphasize the use of advanced technology to aid in the prevention and intervention of violence as well as the expansion and improvement of our methods in this research domain. We conceptualize violence broadly, including but not limited to: child maltreatment, psychological aggression and coercive control, intimate partner violence, teen dating violence, bullying, community violence, elder abuse, sexual aggression, stalking, and group-based violence. Similarly, the term, “advanced technology,” involves a broad range of computer, communication, information, and bio-medical applications.
Health Psychology: Special Series: Translating Science to Practice: Clinical Grand Rounds
Submission Deadline: 12/31/2011 http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/hea/call-for-papers-clinical-grand-rounds.aspx
Anne E. Kazak, PhD, Editor-in-Chief and Ric Steele, PhD, Associate Editor
The goal of this special series is to illustrate how evidence based treatments are identified and used in clinical practice. Papers should focus on specific patients and their treatments, and may include one patient or a group of patients treated similarly. A structured abstract should be provided. References, tables, and figures may be included but the total number of manuscript pages should not exceed 20, inclusive of all sections. Patient confidentiality must be assured consistent with the 6th Edition of the APA Publication Manual (section 1.11).
Developmental Psychology: Special Section: School Engagement Across Developmental Periods, Contexts, and Cultures
DEADLINE: October and December 2011 http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/dev/call-for-papers-school-engagement.aspx
October 10, 2011: deadline to submit 1-page proposal to the guest editor
October 21, 2011: guest editors will send out invitations for full manuscripts
December 31, 2011: deadline to submit completed manuscripts
Drs. Ingrid Schoon, Katariina Salmela-Aro, and Ming-Te Wang
The goal of this special section is to make a conceptual contribution to the emerging science of school engagement as a multi-dimensional and developmental concept. In particular, we aim to invite contributions from developmental scientists engaged in the study of school engagement during different developmental periods and in different socio-cultural contexts to gain a better understanding of variations and changes in school engagement during different education trajectories and in different contexts and settings. To enhance the understanding of school engagement in context we aim to formulate an integrative developmental-contextual framework, taking into account the role of parents, teachers, peers and characteristics of the school context in shaping child/adolescent emotional feeling, thinking, behavior, and evaluation of learning experiences in different settings.
School engagement addressing behavioral components (e.g., absenteeism, academic engagement, homework persistence, leisure time activities that involve the school), affective (e.g., positive emotions, well-being at school, enthusiasm and inspiration), and cognitive aspects of engagement (e.g., positive appraisals of school, value and competence beliefs with regards to school), as they relate to educational success, with directions to both practitioners (implementation) and academics (directions for future research). We are interested in the factors and processes that enable young people to succeed in educational systems and that differentiate successful students from those who flounder. We furthermore will invite comparative studies, examining similarities and variations regarding school engagement for different population subgroups and/or in different contexts to gain a better insight into specific versus universal processes.
Child Care in Practice : Special Issue : Supporting Successful Transitions from State Care for Young People
Abstract Submission Deadline: September 16, 2011 http://www.childwatch.uio.no/news/2011/call-child-care-in-practice
Address for abstracts: childcareinpractice (at) qub.ac.uk
Guest editors of this special issue with be John Pinkerton and Deirdre Coyle
The Journal Child Care in Practice is inviting Papers for consideration, which include overviews of key issues and specific accounts of practice. Authors considering submitting a paper for the special issue are asked to submit a 200 word abstract summarising the title, authors, focus and main points of the article by 16th September 2011. Over the last ten years there has been a blossoming UK and international interest in research, policy and practice in the field of ‘leaving care’. Child Care in Practice is intending to publish a special issue in Autumn 2012 reviewing best practice within the present legislative and organisational scaffolding, within the UK and internationally. Papers are invited for consideration, which include overviews of key issues (e.g. preparation for leaving as a part of LAC, managing young parenthood, preventative physical and mental health, staff training, contemporary theory for practice) and specific accounts of practice (e.g. group work with care leavers seeking work, the role of the Personal Advisor, foster care support for educational attainment, transition planning for young people with disabilities, family group conferencing for care leaving, advocacy for unaccompanied asylum seekers). Address for abstracts: childcareinpractice (at) qub.ac.uk
Journal of the International AIDS Society: Special Issue: Community Action to End Paediatric HIV Infections
Abstract Deadline: 2nd September, 2011 http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/jias/entry/journal_of_the_international_aids3
Guest Editor: Linda Richter, Senior Specialist (Health of Vulnerable Children), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland and Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
The editors invite both conceptual and empirical submissions on models and studies of all four prongs of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), that are primarily implemented by communities or community organizations, and that aim to strengthen political, legal, structural, normative, interpersonal and individual capacities to increase the provision, quality and use of services by children and their families, including adherence and retention in programmes (see Proposed Topics below for further details). The abstracts will be reviewed by the editors and shortlisted for the special issue. The authors of shortlisted abstracts will be invited to prepare full-length papers of up to 3,500 words for submission to Journal of the International AIDS Society. The deadline for submission of completed papers is 9th December, 2011. Only invited articles will be considered, although invitation to submit an article is not a guarantee of publication. All editorial decisions regarding publication in the journal will be based on the outcome of peer review.
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine: Special Issue: Multimedia Services and Technologies for E-Health
Submission Deadline: December 01, 2011 http://bme.ee.cuhk.edu.hk/TITB/calls4paper.html#si14
The objective of this special issue is to report high quality research on recent advances in various aspects of ehealth, more specifically to the state-of-the-art approaches, methodologies and systems in the design, development, deployment and innovative use of multimedia services, tools and technologies for health care. We invite authors to submit their original papers and contributions addressing (but not limited to) the following topics:
Sensor and RFID technologies for e-health; Collaborative e-health; Elderly health monitoring E-prescribing, E-therapy; Medication adherence; Wearable health monitoring;
Health record management; e-health service management; Context-aware e-Health services and applications; Serious Games for health; Haptics for Surgical/medical Systems; Adaptive exergames for health; and Multimedia Enhanced Learning, Training & Simulation for Health
The Clinical Gerontologist: Person-Centered Care: Special Issue: Measurement, Implementation, and Outcomes
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2011 http://psyaging-l.blogspot.com/2011/07/info-call-for-papers-on-person-centered.html
Person-centered care incorporates the unique life history of older adults and emphasizes relationships and communication. The past two decades has seen a rise in a desire to transform care of older adults from a task-centered to person-centered. However, there is a dearth of empirical research on measuring and implementing person-centered approaches, in addition to assessing the impact of person-centered care on mental health outcomes. In an effort to advance the existing literature on person-centered care, we invite authors to contribute original research papers that:
• Address issues surrounding defining and measuring person-centered care,
• Include empirical findings on the impact of person-centered care, and/or
• Address issues related to implementing person-centered care in long-term care settings
Manuscripts must include mental health implications. Authors are strongly encouraged to address how the findings might relate to diverse ethnic/racial groups. Multidisciplinary contributions are welcome.
NOTE: Authors who are interested in submitting a manuscript are asked to contact Associate Editor, Marie Savundranayagam at maries@uwm.edu to discuss ideas prior to manuscript submission. Please send completed manuscripts directly to Marie Savundranayagam at maries@uwm.edu.
Accident Analysis & Prevention: Special Issue: Cognitive Impairment and Driving Safety
Submission Deadline: October 31, 2011 :http://journals.elsevier.com/00014575/accident-analysis-and-prevention/1/147-news/178-call-for-papers-special-issue-cognitive-impairment-and-driving-safety/
Guest Editors: David W. Eby & Lisa J. Molnar, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Michigan Center for Advancing Safe Transportation throughout the Lifespan
This special issue will provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present the most recent research findings on and promising approaches to maintaining safe mobility for older adults with cognitive impairment. The intent of this issue is not only to document new results and programs, but also to point out where knowledge, programs, and policy are lacking so that appropriate research agendas can be developed.
Original contributions are particularly invited in, but not limited to, the following areas related to older drivers with cognitive impairment:
• Crash risk;
• Screening and assessment of driving fitness;
• Families and caregivers;
• Facilitating the transition to non-driving.
Within each of these areas papers that describe research findings as well as highlight program and policy implications are preferred.
Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research–Aging and Behavior: Special Issue: Translating: Evidence Based Interventions into Policy and Practice
Submission Deadline: October 15, 2011 http://www.springer.com/medicine/journal/13142
The purpose of this call for papers is to solicit high quality contributions to engage, inform, and catalyze the discussions needed to positively impact provider and patient outcomes across a spectrum of health behaviors (eg, exercise, diet, medication adherence).
Selected manuscripts will be published along with invited, high-profile commentaries in the sixth issue of the journal of Translational Behavioral Medicine. Manuscripts are welcome that address a wide range of topics with regard to aging and behavior including the translation of evidence-based interventions into the community, long term care facilities, acute care facilities, primary or specialty care practices, or home settings; use of environment or policy strategies to optimize dissemination; translation of guidelines and evidence-based practices with regard to any type of health behavior and into any type of setting among others; and adaptation and sustainability of evidence-based interventions. Above all else, we seek articles with the potential to change how behavioral medicine is practiced, researched, and translated into policy.
International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics: Special Issue: Aging and Long-Term Care
Submission Deadline: March 1, 2012 http://www.ijfab.org/cfp.html
Guest Editors: Lisa A. Eckenwiler and Carol Levine
This special issue of IJFAB aims to contribute to the ongoing conversations around ethics and policy in aging and long-term care. We invite essays written from a feminist perspective on any topic related to aging and long-term care. Possible topics include:
What characterizes a feminist approach to aging and/or long-term care and what contributions can it make to theory and policy?
How do feminist views about family affect long-term care approaches?
What is the structure of income provision for the aged in a particular country or region and what are its ethical implications?
What are the ethical implications of different kinds of support systems for the dependent elderly?
How is long-term care labor gendered and what ethical concerns does this raise?
How can a feminist vision of long-term care accommodate cultural and religious traditions that place special responsibilities for long-term care on women and girls?
What are the implications of the feminization of labor migration on the provision of long-term care needs around the world?
What is the structure of labor and or economic policy in a given country or region and what are its ethical implications for family caregivers?
How are representations of old age gendered and performed in the media and in the arts, and what are the ethical and health implications?
Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word, as email attachments to IJFAB@sunysb.edu.
Call for Papers: The Care Span–a New Section of Health Affairs
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2011 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2011/03/15/call-for-papers-the-care-span/
Health Affairs has launched The Care Span, a new ongoing section of the journal, in its March 2011 edition. The Care Span will examine the topics of aging and disability, not as isolated experiences but as part of the full span of life. Toward this end, the journal aims to bring together the best current thinking on how to advance the development of a sustainable continuum of quality care for seniors and the disabled, and to highlight important trends and developments. We particularly want to surface key issues and proposals for consideration by policy makers at the local, state, federal, organizational, and industry level.
All papers submitted for this section should be original submissions and will undergo peer review. Papers for The Care Span should be submitted via Health Affairs’ online manuscript submission system. Further details on The Care Span can be found on the Health Affairs website or by contacting Donna Abrahams, dabrahams@projecthope.org. Additional help for authors and style guidelines are also available on the Health Affairs site.
American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Special Issue; Aging and End-of-Life
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2011 http://pattidudek.typepad.com/pattis_blog/2011/02/aaidd-member-update.html
The purpose of this special issue is to present a collection of papers that bring new insight from a variety of perspectives and disciplines to the ways in which older adults with IDD can experience fulfilling lives and age successfully. Deadline for submissions is September 1, 2011. Please contact Guest Editors Elizabeth Perkins (eperkins@mail.usf.edu) or Sandra Friedman ( friedman.sandra@tchden.org) for more information.
Critical Perspectives on Addiction (Volume 14 of Advances in Medical Sociology)
Abstract Submission Deadline: October 3, 2011 http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-MedAnthro&month=1108&week=a&msg=kkQ5ONdk%2BTy/5ZXRewUcdw&user=&pw=
Editor: Julie Netherland (City University of New York Graduate Center); Series Editor: Professor Barbara Katz Rothman; Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
This edited volume of Advances in Medical Sociology aims to look critically at how addiction has been framed historically, how it being characterized and understood through contemporary cultural representations, how new treatments and technologies are reconfiguring addiction, and how “addiction” is being expanded beyond illicit drugs and alcohol to explain phenomena such as “excessive” eating and gambling and the exponential rise in prescription narcotic use. This volume also seeks to examine how medical, behavioural and punitive frameworks for understanding and treating addiction come together to shape and control “addicts.” Building on a rich sociological literature about drugs and addiction, this volume aims to interrogate the meaning(s) of addiction and critically examine the ways in which addiction is used as a lens for understanding individual behaviour, deviance, illness, politics, and policy. Empirical pieces are especially encouraged.
Potential contributors should email a 500-750 word abstract by October 3, 2011 to: julie.netherland@gmail.com .
Informal inquiries to this address are also welcome. Name and institutional affiliation of author(s) should also be supplied, including full contact details of the main author. Proposals will be reviewed by the editor, and authors notified by November 7, 2011. The deadline for full submissions (7500-8500 words) will be February 7, 2012. Publication of the volume is expected in mid- to late 2012.
Call for Manuscripts: Journal of At-Risk Issues
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2011 http://www.dropoutprevention.org/journals/journal-risk-issues-call-manuscripts
The Journal of At-Risk Issues (JARI) (ISSN1098-1608) is published by the National Dropout Prevention Center and the National Dropout Prevention Network. The combined missions of the Center and Network are to provide information and services to those engaged in helping young people in at-risk situations. The journal is nationally refereed, currently published twice per year, and abstracted in ERIC. Manuscripts should be original works not previously published nor concurrently submitted for publication to other journals. Manuscripts should be written clearly and concisely for a diverse audience, especially educational professionals in K-12 and higher education. Topics appropriate for The Journal of At-Risk Issues include, but are not limited to, research and practice, dropout prevention strategies, school restructuring, social and cultural reform, family issues, tracking, youth in at-risk situations, literacy, school violence, alternative education, cooperative learning, learning styles, community involvement in education, and dropout recovery.
Research reports describe original studies that have applied applications. Group designs, single-subject designs, qualitative methods, mixed methods design, and other appropriate strategies are welcome. Review articles provide qualitative and/or quantitative syntheses of published and unpublished research and other information that yields important perspectives about at-risk populations. Such articles should stress applied implications.
Journal of Assistive Technologies: Enabling Technologies for Inclusion in Health, Support, Care and Education
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2011 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=jat
Journal of Assistive Technologies debates definitions and concepts and addresses ethics, policy, legislation and issues for day-to-day practice. Articles will focus on how people use assistive and enabling technologies, rather than solely on the technology itself, with the aim of raising awareness of available technologies and their uses for a wide and varied readership. The users of such technology could be people with learning disabilities, older people, people undergoing medical treatment or children in schools. The Journal does not seek to limit the areas from which it receives submissions, provided that the submitted article describes a use of assistive technology within health, support, care or education.
Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities: Special Issue: Empirically-Supported Psychosocial Interventions for Individuals With Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism
Submission Deadline: January 12, 2012 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19315864.2011.595260?journalCode=umid20
Psychological Services: Special Issue: Justice Involved Veterans and Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology
Submission Deadline: November 1, 2011 :http://community.nicic.gov/blogs/corrections_headlines/archive/2011/08/16/call-for-manuscripts-justice-involved-veterans-and-correctional-and-criminal-justice-psychology.aspx
The editorial staff of Psychological Services extends an invitation for manuscripts to be considered for a special section on justice involved Veterans and more broadly addressing the provision of mental health services in criminal justice systems. As the nation engages in various strategies to support Veterans recent efforts have focused upon the criminal justice system. Various programs to identify Veterans involved in the criminal justice system, divert those so identified, treat those already incarcerated, and to support those returning to their communities after incarceration all require the expertise and intervention abilities of psychology service providers.
Mental Health and Social Inclusion
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2011 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=3447&PHPSESSID=7eja1jlcsp4u14sqh5s385rji2
The editorial team of Mental Health and Social Inclusion (MHSI) is currently seeking contributions. The Journal focuses on social inclusion issues for people who have mental health problems. It looks at how people can enjoy fuller lives in their local communities – finding jobs, learning new skills, volunteering or participating in arts, sports and leisure activities. Other areas explored include housing, finance, spirituality, cultural diversity, friendships and relationships.
The Journal is practical in focus and enables readers to keep up to date with innovative approaches, best practice, difficulties, dilemmas and possible solutions.
Papers should be submitted by email in MS Word format to the Editor, Adam Pozner at adampozner@trinova.freeserve.co.uk. Papers are reviewed by the editors and if suitable for this publication, are then subject to peer review.
For further information on the journal please visit: www.emeraldinsight.com/mhsi.htm.
Journal of Public Mental Health
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2011 http://emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=3448&PHPSESSID=gddfuhqasep4c8tsc49nlo5ug3
The Editorial team of Journal of Public Mental Health (JPMH) focuses on the research, policy and practice that put mental well-being at the heart of the public health agenda. Journal of Public Mental Health provides a forum for dissemination and debate on all aspects of public mental health. It aims to develop the theory underpinning public mental health, and expand our knowledge of best practice in mental health promotion. The Editor welcomes papers based on work undertaken in the UK, Ireland and internationally.
Papers are ideally accessible, readable, challenging and current. The Editor welcomes contributions to the journal from researchers, policy-makers, policy analysts, managers and practitioners working in the field of public mental health and mental health promotion, and from mental health service users. The Editor also invites reports on work in progress and brief commentaries on recently published research that is relevant to public mental health.
As a guide, articles should be between 4000 and 6000 words in length, and should comply with the author guidelines: www.emeraldinsight.com/jpmh.htm.
Papers should be submitted by email in MS Word format to the Editor, Woody Caan at woody.caan@anglia.ac.uk. Papers are reviewed by the editors and if suitable for this publication, are then subject to peer review.
For further information on the journal please visit: www.emeraldinsight.com/jpmh.htm.
International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare: Special Issue: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Submission Deadline: October 30, 2011 http://www.cochrane.org/news/tags/cochrane-contributors/international-journal-user-driven-healthcare-ijudh-call-papers
Associate editor: Dr. Donald E. Stanley stand@mmc.org / dstanley@tidewater.net
Introduction: User driven healthcare (UDH), participatory healthcare, stems from a concept where all stakeholders, enabled by information software and cyber-communities, focus on healthcare values. Objective of the special issue:
1. Why do individuals use CAM? Orthodox medicine Failure, lack of care available, attraction to a different world-view of evidence?
2. Are there deep philosophical differences between the worldview of CAM proponents as compared with the worldview of orthodox medicine? If so, are the philosophical differences resolvable and in what way?
3. What sort of philosophical view attracts people to CAM?
4. What part does advertising play in UDH: how reliably does it portray the putative success of CAM?
Interested authors should consult the journal’s guidelines for manuscript submissions here:
http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf
Psychotherapy: Special Issue: Empirical Studies on Psychotherapy Training and Development
Submission Deadline: January 15, 2012 http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pst/call-for-papers-training.aspx
There is great interest in understanding how different training experiences impact professional development, psychotherapy process and outcomes. To date this research is limited and often demonstrates mixed results. We welcome papers empirically examining these issues across a range of different training experiences, from a macro (i.e. graduate degree program, post-doctoral certificates, etc), through intermediate (i.e. year of training or supervision, specific course, instruction in manualized treatments, etc) to a micro level (i.e. brief focused initiatives, workshop, etc). Studies using quantitative or qualitative methods, as well as those demonstrating null or negative results, are welcomed. In addition, meta-analyses on different training experiences that both synthesize the existing empirical literature as well as offer direction for future training, research and practice are encouraged.
While this call is for empirically based studies on the impact of the training, manuscripts submitted to this Journal must also have a very clear statement and accessible implications for those actively involved in the training and supervision of psychotherapists. Therefore, submitted studies should provide very clear and detailed descriptions of training initiatives to facilitate their evaluation, implementation and replication. This may be accomplished as part of the paper, in an appendix or in supplemental material.
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education (IJDDE): Special Issue : Witnesses with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Abstract Submission Deadline:: September 30, 2011 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g934309352
Article Submission Deadline: January 31, 2012
To be published in Volume 60, Issue 1, 2013 to appear late February/early March 2013.
Guest Editors: Professor Lucy Henry (Guest Editor) and Dr Rachel Wilcock (Guest Associate Editor).
Individuals with disabilities are more likely to be maltreated and abused than their typical peers, and those with intellectual disabilities are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence and other forms of abuse. Yet individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities are unlikely to fully participate in the legal system. There is, therefore, a pressing need for further research into witness skills among individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The purpose of this Special Issue of the IJDDE is to broaden and develop the research base in relation to witness skills in individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities throughout the lifespan. We invite empirical papers arising from research in any country/jurisdiction on witness skills in individuals with any forms of intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Relevant witness skills could include evidence-gathering interviews, cross-examination procedures, and witness identification procedures (e.g., identification line-ups). Papers on children, teenagers, adults, and older adults are all welcome.
Abstracts should have no more than 100–150 words and develop one or more of the themes discussed in this call for papers. Upon review of those abstracts received, the Guest Editors will solicit articles from particular individuals. Each article should be between 5,000 and 7,000 words, be word-processed in English and conform to guidelines of the 6th Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010). Please remove all identifying information following the title page. The IJDDE is a peer reviewed journal and every article included in this Special Issue will go through the customary peer review process before publication.
Please send abstracts (or requests for further details) to: Lucy Henry (henrylc@lsbu.ac.uk) or Rachel Wilcock (wilcockr@lsbu.ac.uk)
Department of Psychology, London South Bank University, 103, Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, United Kingdom
Early Childhood Research Quarterly: Quality in Family Child Care: Special Issue: Providers, Predictors, and Improvement Strategies
Submission Deadline: October 1, 2011 http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/S05.print/main#cfp
Special Issue Editors: Juliet Bromer (Erikson Institute) and Lisa McCabe (Cornell University). Please direct questions to Dr. Juliet Bromer; jbromer@erikson.edu
Early Childhood Research Quarterly is planning to publish a special issue dedicated to quality in family child care, and implications for programs and policies aimed at improving care for children and families who use home-based child care arrangements.
Papers for this special issue might include (but are not limited to) such topics as provider workforce characteristics and motivations; evaluations of quality improvement interventions and strategies; and descriptive research on quality in family child care and family, friend, and neighbor care. Given the limited research in this area, conceptual or review papers on home-based child care as well as empirical qualitative, quantitative, and comparative studies are encouraged. We welcome studies that focus on a particular group of home-based non-parental child care providers (e.g. licensed family child care providers or family, friend, and neighbor caregivers participating in subsidy or quality rating systems).
The deadline for manuscript submission is October 1, 2011, with a projected deadline for receipt of final drafts of papers accepted by April 1, 2012.
International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support
Submission Deadline: September 01, 2011 http://www.bild.org.uk/03journals_ijpbs.htm
The British Institute of Learning Disabilitiesis proud to announce the launch of a new Journal – its first new Journal for many years: the International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support. The first edition will be published in September 2011. From 2012 it will be published twice yearly. Positive behavioural support (PBS) combines the conceptual framework of applied behaviour analysis with the values base of social role valorisation and framework of person-centred approaches. The International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support is a peer-reviewed publication that aims to:
• define and promote good practice in relation to the use of PBS
• add to the evidence base regarding such interventions
• demonstrate how PBS interventions can support people to change their challenging behaviours, improve their quality of life, and result in reductions in the use of restrictive procedures (such as physical intervention, seclusion and as required medication)
• bridge the gap between academic research and service practice
The Journal therefore welcomes contributions in the form of:
• single-case studies
• group studies
• accounts of wider organisational change
All submissions should include data that evidence the impact of described interventions. In addition to papers describing more traditional experimental methodologies, manuscripts that report routine data collected by services or as part of dedicated audits are welcome. The Journal will feature both quantitative and qualitative studies.
Theoretical papers will also be considered providing these demonstrate a clear link to evidence in the existing literature or propose extensions to current practice. The Editors will also commission research reviews from time to time.
Papers should generally be between 3-5,000 words in length; brief reports of 1-2,000 words will also be considered.
While the primary focus of the Journal is the use of PBS approaches in supporting children and adults with intellectual disability, manuscripts demonstrating their use with other populations will also be considered.
The Joint Editors: David Allen is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Associate Clinical Director for Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board and Professor in the Clinical Psychology of Intellectual Disabilities at the Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities, Cardiff University. He is a fellow of both the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) and the British Psychological Society. He is also co-chair of the Challenging Behaviour and Mental Health Special Interest Research Group of IASSID, Chair of the Challenging Behaviour and Mental Health Research Advisory Group of the Learning Disability and Autism Research Network for Wales, and a member of the Welsh Assembly Government’s Learning Disability Advisory Implementation Group. Dr Peter Baker is Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Tizard Centre, University of Kent. The Journal editors welcome enquiries about submitting papers. If you wish to make an enquiry, please contact us at ijpbs@bild.org.uk
Child Abuse Review: Special Issue: Fathers
Submission Deadline: September 5, 2011 http://www.baspcan.org.uk/child-abuse-review.php
Fathers are key actors in the lives of children at risk, both as ‘risks’ and ‘resources’ (Featherstone, 2009). However, there is widespread recognition in the literature of knowledge gaps surrounding working with fathers in child protection/safeguarding. It is now commonly acknowledged that fathers are too often ignored by health and social services providers and that fathers tend to avoid involvement with them. Parenting still tends to be regarded as synonymous with mothering, and it is with women, and to a lesser extent children and young people, that professional relationships are formed. The invisibility of fathers is also found in research which focuses on mothers while the presence or absence of fathers is not remarked upon, and in analyses of policy and practice where general comments about ‘parents’ fail to distinguish between mothers and fathers. Often this is not because men are never there – they are – but because of a failure to recognise or evaluate the implications of their presence. On the other hand, in recent years, important research and scholarship about interventions with fathers and masculinities has been going on and there is an emerging theoretical literature and the beginnings of an evidence base on working with fathers. The aim of this special issue is to contribute to advancing knowledge in this area.
Papers are invited that examine any aspect of theory and practice in working with fathers in child protection/safeguarding. This could include examples of research, policy and practice from a range of settings – health, social care, education, youth and criminal justice and from the non-statutory sector; or papers based on theoretical development in relation to any area relevant to fatherhood – for instance, men as carers, gender relations and masculinities. International contributions are welcomed.
If you would like to discuss a possible contribution, please contact the editor for this special issue, Harry Ferguson, Centre for Social Work, University of Nottingham, at: julia.walsh@southwarkpct.nhs.uk. Papers should be submitted to Julia Walsh, Editorial Manager, Child Abuse Review, NHS Southwark, Governance, PO Box 64529, Hub 1, First Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 5LX, UK by email to julia.walsh @southwarkpct.nhs.uk by 5th September 2011.
Psychoanalytic Social Work: Special Thematic Issue: Therapeutic Play
Submission Deadline: October 15, 2011 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792306950~db=all
Co-Editors: Karen Baker and Jerrold R. Brandell
Psychoanalytic Social Work, a clinical journal now in its eighteenth year of publication, announces a “Call for Papers” for a Special Issue (Volume 19, Issue 1, 2012) devoted to the current state of child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
The co-editors invite authors to submit manuscripts examining any of the following dimensions, themes or problems associated with these treatment modalities, including, but not limited to:
• psychoanalytic approaches to special child/adolescent populations and in work with minorities and the underserved
• research investigations examining therapeutic process and/or treatment effectiveness in child/adolescent treatment
• examination of psychoanalytic theories of child/adolescent development, particularly attachment theory, and the applicability of such thinking to the treatment situation
• relational approaches to therapy of children or adolescents
• intensive clinical case studies of children/adolescents
• reviews of the treatment/research literature
• applications of specialized or innovative psychoanalytic techniques and/or methods in the treatment of children/adolescents
• current understanding and clinical approaches to the transference-countertransference matrix in child/adolescent treatment
• other important psychoanalytic themes (e.g., significance of newer findings from the neurosciences for clinical child/adolescent practice, the function of countertransference enactments with children, and so forth)
Prospective authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts electronically to the Editor, Jerrold R. Brandell at jrbrandell@sbcglobal.net.
Encyclopedia of Domestic Abuse
Submission Deadline: November 15, 2011 http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=183503
Editor: Laura L. Finley, Ph.D.(lfinley@mail.barry.edu) ; Publisher: ABC-CLIO ; Publication date: late 2012/early 2013
Contributors needed for Encyclopedia of Domestic Abuse, a multi-volume examination of domestic abuse across the globe. Contributors are welcome from all discipline areas. A total of 165 topics will be included in the set, addressing measurement of domestic violence, regional statistics, impacted groups, relevant legislation, educational programming and much more. Entries range from 1,000 to 3,000 words and should use current information to inform general readers about the assigned topic.
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice Journal
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2011 http://www2.hud.ac.uk/hhs/mhrg/journal/call.php
Papers can be long or short articles, reviews, or ‘Points of View’ articles relating to mental health or learning disability research, service or educational developments. We welcome articles from practitioners, managers, researchers, academics, service users and carers.
If you would like more information please contact: the Journal Administrator, Alison Holmes (on 01484 473646 or e mail) or see the Journal’s homepage. http://www2.hud.ac.uk/hhs/mhrg/journal/index.php Alison Holmes, Administrator, University of Huddersfield; a.holmes@hud.ac.uk; Virginia Minogue, Editor; virginiaminogue@barnsley.gov.uk; Virginia.minogue1@nhs.net
Child Care in Practice: Special Issue : Supporting Successful Transitions from State Care for Young People
Abstract Submission Deadline: September 16, 2011 http://www.childwatch.uio.no/news/2011/call-child-care-in-practice
Authors considering submitting a paper for the special issue are asked to submit a 200 word abstract summarising the title, authors, focus and main points of the article by 16th September 2011.
Over the last ten years there has been a blossoming UK and international interest in research, policy and practice in the field of ‘leaving care’. Child Care in Practice is intending to publish a special issue in Autumn 2012 reviewing best practice within the present legislative and organisational scaffolding, within the UK and internationally. The guest editors of this special issue with be John Pinkerton and Deirdre Coyle.
Papers are invited for consideration, which include overviews of key issues (e.g. preparation for leaving as a part of LAC, managing young parenthood, preventative physical and mental health, staff training, contemporary theory for practice) and specific accounts of practice (e.g. group work with care leavers seeking work, the role of the Personal Advisor, foster care support for educational attainment, transition planning for young people with disabilities, family group conferencing for care leaving, advocacy for unaccompanied asylum seekers). Address for abstracts: childcareinpractice@qub.ac.uk
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