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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Correspondence

All correspondence should be addressed to:

The Editor, Relational Child & Youth Care Practice
e-mail: rcycp@press.cyc-net.org

Permission to Reproduce Material and interlibrary loans

Relational Child & Youth Care Practice is published three times annually. All rights are reserved. No portion of the contents may be reproduced without permission of the publishers. Interlibrary loans are not automatically granted. Requests for interlibrary loans should be sent to rcycp@press.cyc-net.org

BACK ISSUES

Back Issues are available at a cost of $8 per issue (Volumes 16 to present). Please note that Back Issues are only supplied in electronic format (PDF). See link above to request any Back Issues.

PEER REVIEW

Peer Review is seen as a method of validating the credibility of the ideas presented in an article. In our case we will be using the Peer Review process for articles of a research and/or theoretical nature. For those unfamiliar with the process, Peer Review signifies that an article has been reviewed by experts in the field familiar with the subject matter of the article. Peer Review is available on request and is done without the Reviewer knowing the names of the author(s) of a paper to help with the process of objectivity.

However, not all material submitted to, or published in RCYCP will be subjected to peer review. We will still continue to publish stories, case studies, thought pieces, experiential descriptions and other forms of writing. In this way we hope to strike a balance between the values of peer reviewed articles and experiential voices from the field. This is a unique approach and one which we feel offers the best of both. 

information for WRITers

Relational Child and Youth Care Practice is committed to providing equitable and inclusive spaces that promote and support the global profession of Child and Youth Care through disseminating the knowledge and experience of individuals involved in the day-to-day lives of young people, families and communities. This commitment is founded upon the belief that all human issues, are essentially “relational”.

Relational Child & Youth Care Practice welcomes submission of manuscripts on all aspects relating to young people, families and communities. This includes material that explores the intersectionality of Child and Youth Care practice and the lived experiences of all who are engaged in Child and Youth Care practice. Considerations will also be given to interpersonal dynamics of professional practice and all submissions that assume a relational perspective. This might include topics such as cultural values, ethics, social policy, program design, supervision, education, training etc. Welcomed are also submissions that address advocacy, social justice and reconciliation practices within the diverse spaces and places of Child and Youth Care. Each issue may include refereed articles that comply with acceptable ‘academic’ standards; submissions contributed by regular and guest columnists; short pieces that describe particular relational experiences and reflections; poetry; artwork and photographs.

Material should be submitted by email to rcycp@press.cyc-net.org in standard word processing format (eg. .doc, .rtf). Formal articles should generally not exceed 6 000 words in length (excluding references). Referencing should conform to APA format. Author-date citations should be used within the text and a double-spaced reference section should accompany each article. In all submissions, authorship details including an abstract of no more than 150 words should be included, as well as a short list of keywords at the beginning of the article, and a short author bio of about 100 words to publish at the end of the article. Importantly, authors should also indicate whether a peer review is required (in addition to the standard editorial review).

Although no article or submission will be rejected purely for stylistic reasons, the editors reserve the right to return any manuscript for additional work. Authors requiring editorial assistance in this regard should indicate their request in a covering letter. Originality of material is the responsibility of the primary author. Previously published material must be identified as such and will be published only where the necessary permission has been granted from the original source.

Conflicting Interests
Authors should declare any potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of their article.

Funding
Authors should declare if they have received or not received any financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of their article.

Copyright

Article copyright is jointly held by RCYCP and article author(s), allowing both the full right to reproduction of the writer's published article.

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