Today we received the following email that our article has won the Topics in Language Disorders (TLD) Editors’ Katharine G. Butler Trailblazer Award.
Ireland, M., McLeod, S., Farquharson, K., & Crowe, K. (2020). Evaluating children in U.S. public schools with speech sound disorders: Considering federal and state laws, guidance, and research. Topics in Language Disorders, 40(4), 326-340. https://doi.org/10.1097/tld.0000000000000226
Dear colleagues, Congratulations!! Your article, “Evaluating Children in U.S. Public Schools With Speech Sound Disorders: Considering Federal and State Laws, Guidance, and Research” earned the TLD Editors’ Katharine G. Butler Trailblazer Award.
Your article was nominated and reviewed by members of the editorial board based on the following criteria:Best wishes, Sarah and Gary
- Trailblazing in its scope, aims, methodology, or other aspect in a way that triggers readers to think differently about a topic;
- Represents valued interdisciplinary and/or international collaboration;
- Raises awareness of language as an aspect of communication that extends across the age-span and/or across varied populations of children or adults with language disorders; and
- Solid in technical aspects as appropriate for the article type.
Sarah E. Wallace, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA-Fellow University of Pittsburgh
Here is some interesting background information
- This article was the catalyst for Marie Ireland's enrolment in the PhD by Prior Publication at CSU. Marie has already won an editors' award for another article in an ASHA journal.
- Kate Crowe, an Adjunct at CSU is also an author. I have only won 4 editors’ awards in my career – and each one has been co-authored with Kate.
- Topics in Language Disorders is a Q1 journal in SciMago Journal Rank: https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=23289&tip=sid&clean=0
