As we enter the final 44 days of 2015, we encourage each of you to submit a high quality manuscript to School Psychology Quarterly.  It is simple to submit online at http://www.editorialmanager.com/spq/Default.aspx

We welcome manuscripts featuring empirical research advancing science, practice, and policy relevant to school psychology. http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/spq/

The average duration from submission to high quality feedback/decision correspondence is currently 20 days, thus, your scholarship will be promptly and thoughtfully reviewed.

School Psychology Quarterly is Edited by Dr. Shane Jimerson and is published by the American Psychological Association and is the official journal of the APA Division 16 (School Psychology). School Psychology Quarterly is part of Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science and has an ISI impact factor of 2.182, ranking 12th out of 55 journals in “Psychology—Education” category. Every article published in SPQ is included in PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and MEDLINE (in addition to many others), the world’s most comprehensive and widely used psychological databases.

School Psychology Quarterly publishes empirical studies and literature reviews of the psychology of education and services for children in school settings, encompassing a full range of methodologies and orientations, including educational, cognitive, social, cognitive behavioral, preventive, cross-cultural, and developmental perspectives. Focusing primarily on children, youth, and the adults who serve them, School Psychology Quarterly publishes international research advancing science, practice, and policy pertaining to the education of populations across the life span. (see brief article about SPQ in APA Monitor http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/01/journal-spq.aspx and brief articles describing the contemporary emphases of SPQ http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/spq-28-1-1.pdf and contemporary contents of SPQ http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/spq-000066.pdf).

Recent special topic sections featured in SPQ include:
http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=browsePA.volumes&jcode=spq

Assessment of General Education Teachers’ Tier 1 Classroom Practices: Current Science and Practice
(published Volume 28 issue 4, 2013)

School Climate, Aggression, Peer Victimization, and Bully Perpetration
(published Volume 29 issue 3, 2014)

Assessing, Understanding, and Supporting Students with ADHD at School
(published Volume 29 issue 4, 2014)

Mental Health Service Delivery within a Multi-Tiered Problem-Solving Framework
(published Volume 30, issue 2, 2015)

Immigrants, Schooling, and School Psychology Practice
(in progress, Volume 31, 2016)

Diversification of School Psychology: Developing an Evidence-Base from Current Research and Practice
(in progress, Volume 31, 2016)

Assessing, Understanding, and Supporting Students with Autism at School
(in progress, Volume 31, 2016)

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