The Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (Division 37 of the American Psychological Association) is seeking nominations, including self-nominations, for the Editor of Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice. This monograph series is a peer-reviewed publication of the Society for Child and Family Policy, published by Springer, within the SpringerBriefs series.
Editor nominees for Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice should have stature in the field of psychology or a related discipline, and a broad scientific knowledge base, strong writing and editing, and organizational skills, and support for taking on the editorial responsibility. The Editor will provide vision and leadership for the publication. Essential qualifications for the Editor include a record of significant scholarly achievement, and serving as a peer reviewer or Editorial Board Member for a scientific publication. Other essential qualifications include understanding of the international community of scholars, practitioners and policymakers, and strong inter-personal skills.
The Editor will appoint an editorial board to assist in the peer review process of all manuscripts submitted to the journal. The Editor will receive a modest honorarium. The Editor will be an ex-officio member of the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice Board of Directors and will attend its meetings twice a year.
Nominations are solicited from the membership beginning immediately and until a new Editor is identified. The search committee will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2016. The Journal Editor Selection Committee consists of Cindy Miller-Perrin, Ph.D. (Chair, cindy.miller-perrin@pepperdine.edu), Mary Ann McCabe, Ph.D., ABPP, Anita Thomas, Ph.D., Amy Green, Ph.D., Jonathan Martinez, Ph.D., and Barbara Fiese, Ph.D. Applicants should submit curriculum vitae along with a letter of application that includes his/her willingness to serve if selected and a statement of vision about the future of Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice. Applicants should also secure two letters of support. One letter should address the applicant’s scholarship, and organizational and people management skills. The second should come from the candidate’s section chief, department chair, or similar administrative director, indicating support for the candidate’s time and effort devoted to this editorial role. All application materials should be sent electronically to (cindy.miller-perrin@pepperdine.edu). Candidates must be members of SCFPP and APA. The committee will make a recommendation to the Board of Directors of the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice who will appoint the Editor. The person selected will serve a five year term as Editor beginning in January 2018.
Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice serves as a forum for discussion of issues related to social policy and services for children, adolescents, and their families with a particular emphasis on a psychosocial perspective. All briefs deal with policy analysis and implications, at various levels, including local, state, national, and international. Articles include literature and conceptual review papers, analyses of policy trends, evaluations of programs, policies, and systems, case examples of public and private policy issues, and advocacy needs, successes and failures, to demonstrate applications where psychological expertise might be applied. Potential topics of interest also include organization of service programs, service delivery through different systems, implementation, impact and evaluation. A variety of youth-related service programs and topics can be the focus of a brief, including (1) child mental health programs and policy (e.g., systems of care research); (2) mental health screening/service needs in child welfare; (3) child maltreatment; (4) education, early childhood education, evaluation and publicly-funded pre-K; (5) health (e.g., integration of mental health within primary care settings); and (6) juvenile justice.
Submissions to Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice can be solicited by the Editor, or initiated by the author. Prospective authors might inquire about the Editor’s interest in a potential topic before preparing and submitting a manuscript. All submissions will be peer reviewed by the editorial board for substantive contribution to the psychological and policy literature related to issues of child and family practices. Briefs can consist of one longer manuscript on a topic, or can be an integrated set of briefer papers. Each issue is expected to include literature reviews of the topics, the policy and practice implications of the topic, and a 1-2 page summary to be used for public advocacy. Manuscripts will be processed through Springer’s Editorial Manager system.