CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS
The Journal of At-Risk Issues Thematic Issue
The Journal of At-Risk Issues is accepting manuscripts for our Summer 2005 issue focusing on effective programs and practices in dropout prevention for students with disabilities. Manuscripts should be original and works not previously published nor concurrently submitted for publication to other journals. Manuscripts should be written clearly and concisely for a diverse audience including educational professionals in K-12 schools, state education agencies, community programs, and higher education. Book reviews are not encouraged for this issue.
Manuscripts submitted must address programs, interventions, and research which focus on reducing dropout rates and increasing graduation rates for students with disabilities, especially students with emotional disorders and learning disabilities. Topics appropriate for this special issue include, but are not limited to, research and practice, risk and resiliency, aggression control, increasing academic engagement and educational persistence, monitoring risk factors, problem solving, building relationships and behavior support, parental involvement, early identification, and school climate.
See our web site (www.dropoutprevention.org/resource/journal_risk/call_manus.htm) for information about format and submission requirements. Please indicate on the cover page of your manuscript that your article is for this special issue on effective programs and practices in dropout prevention for students with disabilities.
Seventeenth Annual
National Dropout Prevention Network Conference
Ready to LEARN: Helping Students Survive & Thrive
October 15-19, 2005, Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, CA. To review the areas of interest of this conference, please click here (http://www.edualliance.org/2005/readytolearn/callForPresenters/interest.html).
Should you choose to present materials at this year's conference, please be aware that the deadline for submission is February 15, 2005.
More Information:
Registration and Call for Presenters
(http://www.edualliance.org/2005/readytolearn/callForPresenters/)