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Exceptional Children
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2018). The target of CEC is to provide effective ways that
assist children who have disabilities to be successful (Council for Exceptional Children, 2018).
They achieve their goals through standards, advocacy, and professional development (Council
for Exceptional Children, 2018). One of their most important activities is publication journals
such as Teaching Exceptional Children and Exceptional Children (Council for Exceptional
Children, 2018).
CEC has published Exceptional Children (CE) in 1934 until now (EBSCO host, 2018).
However, they have changed the title from Journal of Exceptional Children to Exceptional
Children (EBSCO host, 2018). The former was from 1934 to 1951, and the latter was from 1951
Council for Exceptional Children published this journal as scholar and official journal
(SAGE Publishing, 2018). The aim of the journal is to emphasize improvement and education
people with exceptionalities (SAGE Publishing, 2018). In addition, it considers as “voice and
The types of articles that include in Exceptional Children are research reviews,
methodological reviews of the literature, data-based position papers, and policy analyses
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2018). Furthermore, the journal depends on three kinds of
methods which are quantitative, qualitative, and single-subject design studies (SAGE Publishing,
2018). Moreover, the articles have to include implications for research, practice, or policy in
As the cited in the home page of EC journal the type of writers published journal are
leaders in the Special Education (Council for Exceptional Children, 2018). For example, experts,
The readers of journals are diverse and heterogeneous which include college and
university faculty, researchers, administrators, graduate and undergraduate students, parents, and
school practitioners (SAGE Publishing, 2018). For that reason, the authors should write the
articles by using brief and clear language. In addition, they should provide plenty of general
information that assists the readers to understand the information in articles (SAGE Publishing,
2018).
According to Exceptional Children (Council for Exceptional Children, 2018), there are 4
issues in each volume, and each issue has from 6 to 8 articles (EBSCO host, 2018). In addition,
there is a preview in the beginning of each issue (EBSCO host, 2018). Usually, each article has
an abstract, an introduction, a methods section which include analysis, results, and a discussions
2018). In the beginning, if the authors want to publish his or her article in the EC journal, they
need to follow the EC requirements (SAGE Publishing, 2018). To illustrate, the article must
achieve the same aim of journal (SAGE Publishing, 2018). Also, the article must fellow APA
format as well as using the bold line for the title and headings (SAGE Publishing, 2018). In
addition, the language of text must conform to the “person first” which means the person comes
first, his or her disability comes second (The Arc, 2018) such as A person who has autism.
Lastly, there is limited number of pages and words for the article, abstract, and title (SAGE
Publishing, 2018). Furthermore, there are several of processes to publish any articles in EC
journal (SAGE Publishing, 2018). In the beginning, the editors need to examine the article and
be sure it includes all the criteria (SAGE Publishing, 2018). After that, they can forward the
article to a blind peer review which is the most important step to accept the article in the journal
(SAGE Publishing, 2018). Moreover, they may be required from the author to modify some
points in his article before publication (SAGE Publishing, 2018). Then the article could publish
The EC journal is one of the most important and popular journals for scholars and
educators who are interested in special education especially teaching and policy. It has a general
name which means it include different disabilities. It has the highest impact factor in special
education, and Exceptional Children’s rank in 2017 is one out forty in special education and two
out sixty-nine in Rehabilitation (SSCI) (SAGE Publishing, 2018). In addition, EC takes high
priority for all educators and scholars in the field of special education to get the knowledge. It
considers as an informative source, and It provides them the latest practices and research, so they
will be aware about the news in the field. Furthermore, EC interests to offer new trends in the
field if they have evidence to support their benefits. Lastly, any scholar, who hopes to have
chance to publish his or her article in EC journal, needs to be professional to have this
opportunity.
References:
Council for Exceptional Children. (2018, 11 11). CEC's Mission Statement. Retrieved from
Council for Exceptional Children: https://www.cec.sped.org/About-Us/Mission
Council for Exceptional Children. (2018, 11 11). Exceptional Children. Retrieved from Council
for Exceptional Children: https://www.cec.sped.org/Publications/CEC-
Journals/Exceptional-Children
EBSCO host. (2018, 11 11). Publication Details For "Exceptional Children". Retrieved from
EBSCO host:
http://web.b.ebscohost.com.mutex.gmu.edu/ehost/command/detail?vid=0&sid=574bc7bb
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XC&db=a9h
SAGE Publishing. (2018, 11 11). Exceptional Children. Retrieved from SAGE Publishing:
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/exceptional-children/journal202280#aims-and-scope
The Arc. (2018, 11 11). What is People First Language? Retrieved from The Arc:
https://www.thearc.org/who-we-are/media-center/people-first-language