Steps to getting published as an undergrad Law & disorder Steps to getting published as an undergrad
Background info First issue = 2006 EDUC-K305 class All education majors Published fifth issue in January 2015 Broader range of disciplines Still focused on special education and law Can take more psychology-based approach Working on sixth issue: recruiting authors (like you)! Literature reviews Your own research?
Previous & Future faces of L&D Executive board from 2014-2015 school year Cover for future journal issues
Step 1: coming up with an idea Any disorder: DSM V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, psychology) CEC (Council for Exceptional Children, education) Any policy issue in special education Examples of published titles: Are Academic Struggles the Cause of a Learning Disability or Laziness? Using Evidence of Adult Brain Plasticity to Inform Early Identification of Extreme Antisocial Behavior in Children Identifying and Teaching Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Using Music to Move Towards Providing More Holistic Methods in the Music Classroom for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Step 2: writing the manuscript Use Google Scholar or OneSearch (IU libraries online) for sources Draft an 8-12 page manuscript in APA format …or, edit a paper you’ve already written for another class
Step 3: submit! Send via email attachment to: lawdisorder1@gmail.com We will review your manuscript and email you back within two weeks Accept with minor revisions Conditional acceptance with stipulation of major edits and adjustments Reject
Step 4: work with editors through editing process Will go back and forth a few times to create the best possible manuscript We may set up a writing workshop with you to go over revisions We want to help you through this process! Once stages of editing are done, wait until we have enough articles to move forward with publishing Previous issues will be available to view online through IU ScholarWorks Open Journal System in the next few months Copyright policy: you retain the rights to your work and we publish under a creative commons license Before long you will be a published author!
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