CFP Special Issue on Designing with and for Children with Special Needs for the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction We are happy to announce a special issue of the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-child-computer-interaction/call-for-papers/designing-with-and-for-children-with-special-needs/ INTRODUCTION AND AIMS Children with special needs have been somewhat neglected or marginalised by research, but mainly by practice, in the past. Recently, software and hardware advances, as well as a shift in the political mind-frame, have made it possible to start from scratch, and build environments in which these children can reach their full potential. Recent initial research results indicate that despite various types of impairments, such as social, communication, vision, hearing and autistic impairments, novel advances with digital technology facilitates children with special needs in various tasks. The central issue in generating tools to help these children is how to find ways to design novel technical tools in a user-centred manner. This special issue in Designing with and for Children with Special Needs thus targets this exciting topic, which concerns designing software and hardware systems for and with children with special educational needs (SEN). The focus of the special issue is on methods and implementations that aim to 1) improve interaction techniques for children with difficulties related to vision, hearing, cognitive, language or interaction and 2) develop participatory design methodology for involving key stakeholders e.g., teachers, rehabilitation instructors and pupils with SEN to the system’s innovation, design, testing and prototyping phases. Moreover, the special issue aims to 3) bring together research and other key stakeholders in this important field, to exchange best practices and foster discussions on follow-up developments. Our aim is to frame the recent developments in the field by connecting scientific constructs produced by recent research providing multidisciplinary views that define clear concepts, methods and artifacts that serve the development of technology for and with children with SEN. THEMES We are inviting contributions in the following areas focusing on children with SEN: - methodology of participatory design - social processes during participatory design - interface design and implementation - educational issues of technology-supported teaching - user experience methods and design - novel tools for teaching and learning - social networking tools in teaching - theoretical tools for the design and evaluation - security and privacy - service design and interaction design in teaching - case studies TARGET AUDIENCE We target the special issue for researchers from various fields working with technology development for children with special needs, and also professionals needing research-based evidence to base their decisions on. TIMELINES Paper submission is open at (http://ees.elsevier.com/ijcci/default.asp), please select “SI: Design with SEN Children” as the Article Type during the submission process. 1st of February 2016 Paper deadline (5:00pm GMT) 1st of March 2016 First reviewing deadline (5:00pm GMT) 1st of April 2016 Revised Paper deadline (minor, major corrections) (5:00pm GMT) 1st of May 2016 Second reviewing deadline (5:00pm GMT) 30th of August 2016 Notification (5:00pm GMT) 30th of November 2016 Camera-ready deadline(5:00pm GMT) GUEST EDITORS: Dr. Andrea Alessandrini, University of Dundee, UK [log in to unmask] Dr. Alexandra I. Cristea, University of Warwick, UK [log in to unmask] Dr. Hannakaisa Isomäki, University of Jyväskylä, Filand [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------- For news of CHI books, courses & software, join CHI-RESOURCES mailto: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------