Research And Practice For Persons With Severe Disabilities
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''Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities'' is a quarterly
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that covers the fields of
education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...
and
special education Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual di ...
. It is published by
SAGE Publications Sage Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent academic publishing company, founded in 1965 in New York City by Sara Miller McCune and now based in the Newbury Park neighborhood of Thousand Oaks, California. Sage ...
on behalf of TASH and the
editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...
is Craig Kennedy (
University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, ...
). The journal was established in 1976 as the ''AAESPH Review''. It was renamed in 1980 to ''Journal of the Association for the Severely Handicapped'' and in 1983 to ''Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps'', before obtaining its current name in 2001.


Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in
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and the
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. According to the ''
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'', its 2017
impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a type of journal ranking. Journals with higher impact factor values are considered more prestigious or important within their field. The Impact Factor of a journa ...
is 1.778, ranking it 10th out of 40 journals in the category "Education, Special" and 22nd out of 69 journals in the category "Rehabilitation".


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