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We are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Escritos de Psicología (Psychological Writings) entitled Current Perspectives in Early Intervention. Researchers in early intervention are invited to submit their papers. The details are presented below. Please distribute this announcement to interested colleagues. CALL FOR PAPER -­‐ Special Issue on Current Perspectives in Early Intervention. Escritos de Psicología (Psychological Writings) DETAILS Early intervention is a relatively recent discipline and scientific research in this field has benefitted from contributions from the fields of Psychology, Neurology, Pediatrics, Physiotherapy, Pedagogy, Social Education, and Speech Therapy. As the National Guidelines on Early Intervention (Libro Blanco de la Atención Temprana) stated, this “…combination of actions is aimed at responding as soon as possible to the transient or permanent needs of children who have developmental disorders or who are at risk of having them. Early intervention targets children up to 6 years old, their families, and their environment”. This conception of early intervention is based on different perspectives and models, and establishes early intervention as an indispensable action to promote the health and development of these children and their families. Prevention, assessment, and treatment are the three bases of early intervention, which entails a holistic approach to children and the socio-­‐familial environment. This Special Issue of Escritos de Psicología (Psychological Writings) therefore aims to highlight recent work on early intervention from different approaches, and to provide a forum to review new prevention and intervention techniques as well as specific assessment tools. In summary, this Special Issue seeks to provide professionals working on direct intervention and researchers in the field with useful information. Papers for publication will be selected through rigorous anonymous peer review to ensure originality, timeliness, relevance, and readability. The guest editors for this issue are Carmen Barajas Esteban (University of Málaga, Spain), Rita Pilar Romero Galisteo (University of Málaga, Spain), and Pablo Gálvez Ruíz (International University of La Rioja, Spain). Deadline for Manuscript Submission: 20 January, 2015 Call for Papers
Notification due: 16 March, 2015 Final version due: 16 April, 2015 Manuscripts should be submitted to the journal’s website: www.escritosdepsicología.es. The text and tables should be sent in Microsoft Word format and any figures in JPG or TIFF format, each one in a separate file. The papers should follow the guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA): Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition; Washington). Please check the “Instructions for Authors” on our website (http://www.escritosdepsicologia.es/esp/normasautores.html). Escritos de Psicología (Psychological Writings) is included in the following databases: Dialnet, DICE, EBSCO, e-­‐revist@s, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Directorio DULCINEA, IN-­‐
RECS, J-­‐Gate, LATINDEX, PSICODOC, RECOLECTA, REDALYC, SciELO, and Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory. H-­‐index: 8 (19 out of 39) according to Google Scholar Metrics (2009-­‐
2013). Escritos de Psicología (Psychological Writings) was awarded the qualification of “Excellent” and the seal of quality by the "Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología" (FECYT, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology).