Call for Co-Editors: DEC Monograph Series – Issue 1

Call for Co-Editors: DEC Monograph Series – Issue 1

February 2025 - September 2026

Children’s Behaviors That Adults Perceive as Challenging 

The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Monograph Series began as the Young Exceptional Children (YEC) Monograph Series in 1999. It has historically been a collection of new and relevant information not found in standard publications on a particular subject to support young children birth to age 8 with disabilities, their families and caregivers, and the professionals who work alongside them. In the relaunching of the DEC Monograph Series, this mission remains along with a commitment to developing new policies and practices within the monograph production process, content, and practices to implement DEC’s Racial Equity Point of View (RE POV). 

DEC is recruiting co-editors to share their talents and the work necessary to relaunch the DEC Monograph Series starting with Issue 1. The focus of Issue 1 will be on children’s behaviors that adults perceive as challenging. Co-editors will serve an approximate 18-month term beginning February 2025. Co-editor positions are available as part-time roles, either 50% or 25% of a traditional time commitment for co-editors.

DEC is committed to developing new approaches to publishing monographs that result in a more just, equitable, inclusive, and diverse process and product. A monograph advisory group, consisting of DEC committee members and journal editors, is committed to collaborating with Issue 1 co-editors to achieve these aims. Additional resources provided to Issue 1 co-editors include: 1) copy-editing assistance, 2) support from the DEC Executive Office, 3) an automated system to facilitate reminders to authors and reviewers, and 4) support from an editorial fellow. 

Preferred Co-Editor Qualifications

• Lived disability experience.

• Lived experience as a family member or caregiver of a child with a disability (Birth - age 8) within three years of receiving Early Intervention or Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) or Special Education services.

• Currently working on behalf of young children, birth – age 8, (e.g., educator, service provider, local or state administrator, technical assistance/professional development provider, coach) and their caregivers in EI/ECSE or early elementary contexts.

  
  

Solo and team submissions are welcome. For team submissions, each member is required to submit their own Letter of Interest. Please see below for further details required for editorial team submissions.

DEC Membership

• You do not need to be a current member to apply but you must be/become a CEC/DEC member if selected.

Successful Letters of Interest

Other Details

Submission Deadline & Proposed Timeline