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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • Manuscript submission is a representation that the manuscript is the author’s own work, has not been published, and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
  • An abstract of 150 words or less has been prepared to be entered when requested.
  • The manuscript has been sanitized so that the author(s) name(s) are not given, including removing identifying information from Word file properties.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses 12-point Times New Roman font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. If selected for publication, the editor retains the right to move figures, illustrations, and tables to enhance readability.
  • The submission text (including citations, references, footnotes) adheres to the stylistic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal. Refer to the APA Guidelines.
  • Manuscript has been carefully proofed and references checked for complete accuracy. The digital object identifier (DOI) has been included for every reference where available. It should be placed at the end of the reference in the form of a hyperlink that begins with  http://dx.doi.org/
  • Copyright laws have been abided by.
  • A separate non-anonymized manuscript labled non-anonymized manuscript is included.

Author Guidelines

All submissions must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, seventh edition. While there is no formal page limit, authors should adhere to recent article lengths, typically 30 pages or less.

Manuscripts are only accepted through IUScholarWorks. To have a manuscript considered for publication, please follow these instructions:

(1) Go to the RAPCC site at: http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/pders/;

(2) Complete the registration process;

(3) Once logged in with your username and password you may submit your manuscript by following the online directions;

(4) Upon receipt, each manuscript will be screened by the editor. Appropriate manuscripts will then be sent to reviewers. Principal authors will receive notification of receipt of the manuscript;

(5) Submissions should include the title of the paper, an abstract of no more than 150 words and 4-5 keywords.

Blind Review. Because the manuscript will be sent for blind review, no identifying information (i.e., university, school, and author names) should be included in the manuscript. The manuscript should be sanitized so that the author(s) name(s) are not given. Please change all authors’ names to “X” for references and just deleted for author identification. For example, if your manuscript says something like “this study is based on a larger study by the authors (Daley, 1999)” you would change it to “this study is based on a larger study by the authors (X).” Once the manuscript has been reviewed and if the decision has been made to accept it, the final version of the manuscript can replace the actual names in the references and citations. Also, given the digital reviewing process in place, please ensure that under “document properties” your identifying information has been removed. This can be done (as described in the file “ensuring a blind review”) as follows: With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.”

Title Page. Authors will be prompted to enter title, abstract, keywords, authors, and author contact information separately from the uploaded manuscript. Authors will not upload a separate title page.

Style and References. All manuscripts, including text, quotations, figures, tables, and references, must meet the style requirements of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Seventh Edition). Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word, double-spaced on 8 ½” x 11” paper, with at least 1-inch margins on all sides. An abstract of 150 words or less will be uploaded separately from the manuscript and should NOT also be included on the manuscript. A list of three to five key words that reflect the content of the manuscript should be selected from the list provided and will be entered separately from the manuscript. Tables and figures should be embedded in the manuscript, NOT placed as addenda at the end of the manuscript. For tables, please use Word's table tools. Acknowledgments and footnotes should appear on the last page and references should start immediately after footnotes. Most manuscripts should be no more than 25-30 double-spaced pages (including references, tables, and figures), although longer manuscripts may be considered. Citations, references, footnotes, and the overall format of the manuscript should follow APA (6th edition) style guidelines. Check the references carefully to ensure that they comply with APA guidelines and ensure that citations that appear in the text are in the Reference section and vice versa.

Tables and Figures. Consider the data display carefully before inserting figures and tables. Use a figure or table to summarize a large amount of data efficiently such that the data will be more comprehensible to the reader in figure or tabular form than in text. By contrast, data that will be just as comprehensible in text as in a figure or table should remain in the text. Figures and tables should draw the reader’s attention to the key findings of the study.

Note: If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the editor reserves the right to make minor editorial changes that do not significantly alter the substance of the text.

Language. RAPCC adheres to the commonly accepted use of “people-first language.” Authors should use language that emphasizes the humanity of people with disabilities. Generic descriptive terms such as people, participants, students, children, and adults are preferred over subjects or informants. Language should be free of gender bias (refer to APA guidelines regarding gender bias). He should not be used generically to refer to persons of both genders. Should identity-first language be the preferred language of the authors for personal or participant preference, the authors should include a brief explanation to readers describing the rationale for identity first language. 

Illustrations and Color Reproductions. As an author, you are required to secure permission if you want to reproduce any figure, table, or extract from the text of another source. This applies to direct reproduction as well as “derivative reproduction” (where you have created a new figure or table which derives substantially from a copyrighted source).

Submissions may be returned to authors who do not adhere to these guidelines.

For further information about how this online submission process works, click the link below for About this Publishing System.

Copyright Notice

Following is the journal's Publishing Agreement. The submitting author will be asked to sign an agreement form once the submission has been accepted for publication. 

 


A. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

I (Author) hereby warrant that:

  • The article I have submitted to the Journal for review is original, has been written by the stated authors and has not been published elsewhere.
  • The article is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal and will not be submitted for such review while under review by this Journal.
  • The article contains no libelous or other unlawful statements and does not contain any materials that violate any personal or proprietary rights of any other person or entity.
  • I have obtained written permission from copyright owners for any excerpts from copyrighted works that are included and have credited the sources in my article.
  • If I am using any personal details or images of a third person, I have obtained written permission or consent from this person.
  • If the article was prepared jointly with other authors, I have informed the co-author(s) of the terms of this publishing agreement and that I am signing on their behalf as their agent, and I am authorized to do so.
B. PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION

 

  1. The Author assigns to the Journal the right to publish, republish, transmit, sell, distribute and otherwise use the Contribution in whole or in part in electronic and print editions of the Journal throughout the world, in all languages and in all media of expression now known or later developed.
  2. The Author agrees that the Journal may, without changing the content, translate the Contribution to any medium or format for the purpose of preservation.
  3. The Author agrees that the Journal may keep more than one copy of this Contribution for purposes of security, back-up and preservation.
  4. Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the final Contribution in whole or in part in any medium by the Author as permitted by this Agreement requires a proper citation to the Journal suitable in APA form. Additionally, the following copyright statement must be included: “Copyright YEAR by the Division for Physical, Health and Multiple Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children. Reproduced with permission from Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services.”

 


C. PERMITTED USES BY AUTHOR

As Author, the Journal licenses you to certain uses of the Contribution. These rights are retained and permitted without the need to obtain specific permission from the Journal. These include:

  • the right to make copies (print or electronic) of the journal article for your own personal use, including for your own teaching use;
  • the right to make copies and distribute copies (including via e-mail) of the journal article to research colleagues, for personal use by such colleagues;
  • the right to present the content of the journal article at a meeting or conference;
  • patent and trademark rights and rights to any process or procedure described in the journal article;
  • the right to use the journal article or any part thereof in a printed compilation of works of the author, such as collected writings or lecture notes (subsequent to publication of the article in the journal); and
  • the right to prepare other derivative works, to extend the journal article into book-length form, or to otherwise re-use portions or excerpts in other works, with full acknowledgement of its original publication in the Journal.