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About Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools (LSHSS), first published in 1970, is published quarterly in January, April, July, and October by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. It is an archival journal for research and practice in educational settings. LSHSS publishes studies and articles that pertain to speech, language, and hearing disorders and differences in children and adolescents, as well as to professional issues affecting service delivery in educational settings. Contributions appear under the following headings: articles, reports, clinical exchange, clinical forum, software perspectives, letter to the editor, and supplements.

Editor (2007-2009)

Dr. Kenn Apel
Florida State University
Department of Communication Disorders
107 Regional Rehab Center
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1200
Phone: 850-644-8464
Fax: 850-644-8994
E-mail: kenn.apel{at}comm.fsu.edu

Kenn Apel, PhD, is an ASHA Fellow and professor of communication disorders at The Florida State University. An ASHA board recognized specialist in child language, he has published in the area of language and literacy in publications such as Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, Developmental Neuropsychology, Topics in Language Disorders, and Communication Disorders Quarterly. His recent research has focused primarily on reading, spelling, and orthographic processing.

Apel has served on numerous ASHA committees including the Steering Committees for Special Interest Division 1, Language Learning and Education and Special Interest Division 10, Issues in Higher Education. He was also the co-chair of the 2004 ASHA Convention in Philadelphia. He earned a BA and MA in speech-language pathology from San Diego State University and a PhD in speech-language pathology from the University of Memphis.

Associate Editors

Peter Flipsen, Jr. (Phonology)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Gail T. Gillon (Literacy and phonology)
University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Shelley Gray (Child language: preschool/SLI; word learning)
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Lynne E. Hewitt (Child language: severe disabilities/Autism)
Bowling Green, OH

Joan N. Kaderavek (Child language: preschool/SLI; early literacy)
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Lisa Lucks Mendel (Audiology issues)
The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

M. Adelaida Restrepo (Multicultural issues in child language)
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

C. Melanie Schuele (Child language and literacy)
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Gary A. Troia (General issues in the schools)
Michigan State University, East Lansing

Summary Publication Statistics for 2004-2006

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools (LSHSS) annually publishes summary statistics of acceptance/rejection rates and manuscript processing times. These summary statistics provide data on acceptance/rejection rates, frequently used by tenure/promotion committees, as well as average manuscript processing times, often of interest to contributing authors.

Tables 1 and 2 show the rates of acceptance and rejection for manuscripts receiving a final decision in 2004 through 2006, regardless of the year the manuscript was submitted originally. Accepted manuscripts are those for which a final decision to accept has been made. Rejected manuscripts are those judged unsuitable for publication and for which no further revision or resubmission has been requested.

Table 1. Accept/reject rate for decisions made 2004-2006, including clinical forums.

Table 2. Accept/reject rate for decisions made 2004-2006, excluding invited manuscripts.

Table 3 presents data for manuscripts that had completed the review process as of year-end 2005. The submission-to-decision interval is calculated from the date the editor's office receives the manuscript to the date a final decision is made on the manuscript. That interval includes time for peer review, revision or resubmission by the author, and final review and decision by the editor.

Table 3. Mean intervals for manuscripts submitted in 2005.

As of June 2007, the circulation for LSHSS was 52,057.

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2008 Publications Board

Laurence Leonard, Chair
Sid Bacon
Joyce L. Harris
Kevin P. Kearns
Christy Ludlow
Malcolm McNeil
Marilyn Nippold
Constance Dean Qualls, Monitoring Vice President
Kenn Apel (ex officio)
Anthony T. Cacace (ex officio)
Joanne Jessen (ex officio)
Laura Justice (ex officio)
Karla McGregor (ex officio)
Dale Metz (ex officio)
Robert Schlauch (ex officio)
Katherine Verdolini (ex officio)

2007 List of Guest Associate Editors

2008 guest Associate Editors will be listed at the end of the year.

Raquel Anderson
Joy Armson
Roberta DePompei
Kathryn Drager
David Ertmer
Brian Goldstein
RaMonda Horton-Ikard
Mary Huer
Laura Justice
David Kuehn
Lemmietta McNeilly
Adele Miccio
Richard Morris
Stephanie Nixon
Thomas Powell
Sean Redmond
Justine Joan Sheppard
Jennifer Watson
Carol Westby
A. Lynn Williams
J. Scott Yaruss

2007 List of Reviewers

2008 reviewers will be listed at the end of the year.

Lynn Adams
Karen Anderson
Lisa Audet
Rita Bailey
Lisa Bedore
Katharine Bedsole
Barbara Bernhardt
Shaum Bhagat
Cathy Binger
Caroline Bowen
Tim Brackenbury
Joke Bradt
Lee Branum-Martin
Ferenc Bunta
Jose Centeno
Shelly Chabon
Gerald Church
Heather Clark
Patricia Cleave
Wendy Cohen
Barbara Conboy
Phil Connell
Linda Crowe
Cathrine Crowley
Paul Dagenais
Nikki Davis
Laura Dethorne
Allan Diefendorf
Sylvia Diehl
Susan Easterbrooks
Jo Edwards
Mary Edwards
Diane Eger
Carol Flexer
Wayne Foster
Deanna Frye
Rodney Gabel
Marylou Gelfer
Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann
Sandi Gillam
Susan Gilmore
Luigi Girolametto
Sharon Glennen
Sheryl Gottwald
Laura Green
Michelle Gurley
Vera Gutierrez-Clellen
Carlin Hageman
Carol Hammer
Heidi Harbers
Patricia Hargrove
Allison Haskill
Tisha Hayes
Linda Hesketh
Jane Hilton
Tiffany Hogan
Gillian Hotz
Yvette Hyter
Frank Iglehart
Aquiles Iglesias
David Ingram
Allison Jacobs-Levine
Peggy Jacobson
Kathy Jakielski
Bonnie Johnson
Laura Justice
Candida Kohler
Kathryn Kohnert
Larry Kortering
Joan Kwiatkowski
Linda Larrivee
Kerry Lenius
Dawna Lewis
Linda Lombardino
Edgarita Long
Walter Manning
Sally Marinellie
Lindy Mcallister
Allyssa Mccabe
Christopher Mccrea
Kimberly Mcdowell
Kenneth Melnick
Adele Miccio
Diane Millar
Judy Montgomery
Barbara Moore-Brown
Catherine Moran
Sherrill Morris
Benjamin Munson
Suneeti Nathani
Marilyn Nippold
Stephanie Nixon
Janet Norris
Janna Oetting
John Oller
Janis Oram Cardy
Tom O'Toole
Megan Overby
Janet Patterson
Rhea Paul
Barbara Pearson
Elizabeth Pena
Andrea Pittman
Elena Plante
Judith Pokorni
Michelle Porche
Lissa Power-Defur
Patricia Prelock
Patrick Proctor
Kerry Proctor-Williams
Sonja Pruitt
Cathy Qi
Lesley Raisor
Nan Ratner
Leslie Rescorla
M. Adelaida Restrepo
Michaela Ritter
Michael Robb
Barbara Rodriguez
Froma Roth
Dennis Ruscello
Marlene Salas-Provance
Nancy Scherer
Phyllis Schneider
Trici Schraeder
Susan Sehgal
Helen Sharp
Vanessa Shaw
Lori Skibbe
Ingrid Sladeczek
Joseph Smaldino
Elizabeth Spencer
Linda Spencer
Holly Storkel
Debra Suiter
Dean Sutherland
Ann Sutton
Amie Teague
Shurita Thomas-Tate
Geralyn Timler
J. Bruce Tomblin
Ann Tyler
Anne Van Kleeck
Judith Vander Woude
Shelley Velleman
Marianna Walker
Geraldine Wallach
Sharon Walpole
Dava Waltzman
Elizabeth Ward
Barbara Weinrich
Amy Weiss
Deborah Weiss
Bill Wells
Carol Westby
Gail Whitelaw
Kathleen Whitmire
Erin Wilson
Jennifer Windsor
Richard Zipoli, Jr.