Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

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Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities 
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Discipline Learning Disabilities
LanguageEnglish
Edited byAlisa K. Lowrey, Kevin M. Ayres
Publication details
Former name(s)
Focus on Autistic Behavior
Publication history
1986-present
Publisher
SAGE Publications  (United States)
FrequencyQuarterly
0.959
Standard abbreviations
Focus Autism Other Dev. Disabil.
NLM
Focus Autism Other Dev Disabl
Indexing
ISSN 1088-3576  (print)
1538-4829  (web)
OCLC  no. 48880216
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Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of special education and learning disabilities. The editors-in-chief are Alisa K. Lowrey (University of Southern Mississippi) and Kevin M. Ayres (The University of Georgia). It was established in 1986 and is published by SAGE Publications in association with the Hammill Institute on Disabilities.

Academic journal peer-reviewed periodical relating to a particular academic discipline

An academic or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and discussion of research. They are usually peer-reviewed or refereed. Content typically takes the form of articles presenting original research, review articles, and book reviews. The purpose of an academic journal, according to Henry Oldenburg, is to give researchers a venue to "impart their knowledge to one another, and contribute what they can to the Grand design of improving natural knowledge, and perfecting all Philosophical Arts, and Sciences."

Special education is the practice of educating students in a way that addresses their individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials, and accessible settings. These interventions are designed to help individuals with special needs achieve a higher level of personal self-sufficiency and success in school and in their community which may not be available if the student were only given access to a typical classroom education.

University of Southern Mississippi university

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), known informally as Southern Miss, is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Hattiesburg campus is located 70 miles (110 km) north of Gulfport, Mississippi and 105 miles (169 km) northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. USM is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award baccalaureate, master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees. The university is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a "Research University" with "High Research Activity".

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports , its 2017 impact factor is 0.959, ranking it 29th out of 40 journals in the category "Education, Special", [1] 51st out of 69 journals in the category "Rehabilitation", [2] and 65th out of 73 journals in the category "Psychology, Developmental". [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Rehabilitation". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.
  2. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Psychology, Developmental". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.
  3. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Education, Special". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.
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