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Australasian Journal of Australasian Volume 43 | Issue 2 | December 2019 Volume 43 | Issue 2 | December 2019 ISSN 2515–0731 Contents Special and Inclusive Education Australasian Journal of Articles Special Education Perspectives Multiplayer Games: Multimodal Features 69 Brief Report: A Pilot Study Into the 102 That Support Friendships of Students Efficacy of a Brief Intervention to Teach With Autism Spectrum Disorder Original Fictional Narratives to a Child Bessie G. Stone, Kathy A. Mills and With ASD and Language Disorder Special Beth Saggers Kate Favot, Mark Carter and Jennifer Stephenson Parent and Child Factors Predicting Early 83 Intervention Choices of Australian Book Review Parents of Children With Autism Girls and Autism: Educational, Family and 109 Volume 43 Issue 2 December 2019 and Spectrum Disorder Personal Perspectives Sarah Carlon, Mark Carter, Jennifer Stephenson and Naomi Sweller Craig Warren Smith Inclusive Education Journal of the Australian Association of Special Education Journal of the Australian Association of Special Education Australian Journal of the Editors-in-Chief Umesh Sharma Monash University Michael Arthur-Kelly ISSN 2515–0731 University of Newcastle David Paterson University of Canberra Cambridge Core For further information about this journal please go to the journal website at: cambridge.org/ajsie TRIM SIZE 177.8x254 mm needs: case studies, position papers, research reports, review papers Australasian Journal of and descriptions of research-based programs or classroom practices. Articles may be original qualitative or quantitative research papers, Australian Association of Special Education Special andand InclusiveInclusive Education literature reviews, or conceptual articles relevant to any aspect of special education practice and policy. Articles written in partnership Important — Instructions for Authors The Australian Association of Special Education (AASE) aims with the end users of research are highly encouraged. to enhance access for students with special education needs to The journal features an applied section, Special Education Perspectives, Further information at cambridge.org/ajse quality educational programs, promote professional standards to inform practising teachers in regular and special education settings of a high order and to support research that informs the and others interested in the education of students with special needs. SUBMISSION • Authors should avoid language that can be seen as discriminating delivery of special education in the Australian context. 1. Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education (AJSIE) accepts against people on account of disability, race, or gender. Editor Contact submissions through ScholarOne for online submission and peer • Uncommon abbreviations and acronyms should be explained. Full To further these aims, the Australasian Journal of Special and For any queries contact the Assistant Editor at review. To be reviewed for possible publication in this journal, authors stops should not be used in abbreviations or acronyms. must follow the instructions below. New users first need to create an • Use single quotation marks, except where ‘a quotation is “within” a Inclusive Education publishes articles for a readership professionally [email protected] account. Once logged on, submission must be made through the quotation’, to introduce a word or phrase used as an ironic comment, engaged or interested in the education of students with special Peer Review Policy ‘ Author Centre.’ At least two separate files need to be submitted online as slang, or as an invented or coined expression. Use quotation marks needs or the education of those who will work with these students. via https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ajse the first time the word or phrase is used; do not use them again. Do not All articles in this journal undergo rigorous blind peer review, Authors must submit use quotation marks to introduce a technical or key term; italicise the The editors seek articles in line with the theme of the journal — the based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at • a Title Page. This should include (a) article title; (b) name, credentials, term instead. Long quotations of 40 words or more should be format- affiliation, address, telephone number(s), and email address of the ted as a block quotation and italicised. delivery of educational programs to persons with special education least two expert referees. corresponding author; (c) the names, credentials, and affiliations of all • Do not use any footnotes. Endnotes should be kept to a minimum and authors; (d) any acknowledgements, financial disclosure information, listed at the end of the text under the heading ‘Notes’. Robyn Bentley-Williams Jonathan Munro including conflicts of interest statements, author notes, and/or other text 6. Tables and Figures. Both tables and figures should be titled with a short, Editors-in-Chief that could identify the authors to reviewers; and (e) that this manuscript is concise description, numbered separately but consecutively, and referenced Umesh Sharma Australian Catholic University, Australia Southern Cross University, Australia an original work that has not been submitted to or published anywhere else. at least once in text. Tables and figures should be kept to a minimum. Monash University, Australia Hank Bohanon Mirna Nel A word count and suggested running header of no more than 50 characters 7. Tables should be placed at the end of the manuscript, not in the main [email protected] Loyola University of Chicago, USA North-West University, South Africa including spaces should also be provided, along with a maximum of 6 text. Their approximate positions in the text should be indicated by the Michael Arthur-Kelly Gail Brown Michelle Pointon keywords. This document is separate from the article and not shared with words, ‘Please insert Table X about here’. Horizontal and vertical lines the reviewers. should be used sparingly. The University of Newcastle, Australia Designed Learning, Australia Consultant, Australia • the article document (Main Document). This document must be 8. Figures, graphs, illustrations and photographs (not tables) should be [email protected] Suzanne Carrington Kim Fong Poon-McBrayer blinded and include an abstract not exceeding 200 words that provides prepared to the correct size and each one supplied as an individual file, David Paterson Queensland University of Technology, The Education University of Hong Kong, a brief overview of the aims, method, and major findings. separate to the manuscript file. Include placement instructions in the University of Canberra, Australia Australia Hong Kong 2. Review. AJSIE uses a double-blind review process. Manuscripts are manuscript, such as ‘Please insert Figure X about here’. [email protected] Loh Sau Cheong Jacqueline Roberts initially assigned to an Editor and screened. If considered suitable for • Figures created in Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint need to be University of Malaya, Malaysia peer review, the manuscript is blind peer reviewed by at least two expert saved as PDFs. Griffith University, Australia Assistant Editor Nancy Devlin reviewers. The review process generally takes 3 to 4 months, not including • Figures created in a drawing program should be saved as EPS (encap- Genevieve Farrell Richard Rose any times of revision by the author. When reviews are returned, the sulated postscript) files. Charles Darwin University, Australia The University of Newcastle, Australia University of Northampton, UK Editor considers reviewers’ comments, independently evaluates the • Figures created in Photoshop or other photographic software should be Roselyn Dixon manuscript, and makes an editorial decision to reject, request a revision saved with a minimum resolution of 600 dpi and in TIFF format. Mini- Wayne Sailor Book Review Editor University of Wollongong, Australia with further peer review, request a revision subject to review by the mum resolution for scanned graphics is 300dpi for halftone work (e.g., The University of Kansas, USA Sue O’Neill Coralie Driscoll Editor, or accept as is. Authors receive copies of (anonymous) reviewers’ photographs) and 600 dpi for line art, and these should also be in TIFF Susanne Schwab comments. Although feedback will usually be provided to authors, the format. All figures and graphs should be in black and white line art (art- University of New South Wales, Australia Macquarie University, Australia University of Wuppertal, Germany Editor reserves the right to reject a manuscript for publication without work that has only text and lines, no shades of grey or blocks of colour). Associate Editors Jerry Ford providing a rationale for the decision. Final decisions regarding accept- • All photographs should be supplied as separate files in JPEG or TIFF for- David Evans Flinders University, Australia Jeff Sigafoos ance of a manuscript will be made by the Editor. mats with a minimum 300 dpi resolution. (As a rough guide, the file size The University of Sydney, Australia Brett Furlonger Victoria University of Wellington, 3. Publishing Ethics. AJSIE considers all manuscripts on the strict of each photograph should be above 200KB). New Zealand condition that • Prior to submitting artwork, the separate figure files should be printed by Phil Foreman Monash University, Australia Nancy Sileo • the manuscript is your own original work, and does not duplicate any the author to test that the fonts have