Dear readers,
Writing scientific papers is a way of communication in science.
Scientific papers are published in scientific journals. One such
scientific journal in thousands world’s journals is our journal Special
Education and Rehabilitation, which tends to follow the trends. In the
small scientific environments such as the Republic of Macedonia there
are many factors that hinder the work and reduce the actual quality of
the scientific journals. When the state invests only 0.3% of GDP in
science, then you can not expect a serious scientific achievement of the
Macedonian scientific journals. These small magazines always have a big
problem in providing high-quality papers that would later be widely
quoted and would provide a factor of influence of the scientific
journal. The state requires high criteria of the teaching staff and
publication of papers in journals with high impact factor, but it does
not provide any access to the database Web of Science. Inevitably there
is an impression that the welfare state and high science do not go
together hand in hand. When you add the illogical moves of the
publishers for reduction of the remuneration of the members of the
publishing office and the moves for selection of the printing office
that are not to the taste of the main editors, then you can conclude
that in order to become a successful editor of a ultimate scientific
journal in a small scientific environment as Macedonia is a mission
impossible. The Ministry of Education and Science have to find
additional resources and to increase the funding of scientific research
projects and to invest more in international journals with domestic
origin, so they could acquire a factor of influence in the near future.
Let us look briefly at this issue 1-2 2015. In the first rubric Special
Education and professional problems this time is represented by domestic
authors. My colleague Daniela Dimitrova-Radojichikj writes about
Concepts of colors in children with congenital blindness, and the
authors Rashikj-Canevska and Chichevska-Jovanova process some
determinants of the quality of life in patients suffering from multiple
sclerosis. In the rubric medical treatment there is a paper by the
author Dobrinka Georgieva coming from Bulgaria. It examines the
multidimensional outcome and long-term evaluation of non-avoidance
therapy in stuttering. In the rubric Psychological-Pedagogical review
there are two papers by authors from the United States that cover the
following topics: An evidence-based analysis of self-regulated strategy
development writing interventions for students with specific learning
disabilities and the second Passing standardized assessments with fading
prompts. Authors from Croatia in the rubric devoted to practical work
represent the guided reading program for prisoners. In the last rubric
Experiences and News Indian authors introduce the topic Does father
involvement influence the affect, language acquisition, social
engagement and behavior in young autistic children?
In the rubric News and Information readers will find information on the
eighth international conference Special Education and Rehabilitation
today held in Belgrade, Serbia. Then, Ana Petkovska writes about the 3rd
meeting on rare disease in South-Eastern Europe held in November 2014
in MASA Skopje. Finally, the News end with a project report: Program for
full socialization of children with special needs into their
communities submitted by Jasmina Troshanska. Then, there is an abstract
of a master's thesis defended by the colleague Sashka Trajkovski
entitled Ability of self-advocacy of people with intellectual
disabilities.
With respect,
Editor-in-Chief
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