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Writing Guidelines
Disciplines of Interest
At this point in time our article submission opportunities apply to professionals who are working in Canada and the U.S., except in cases where specialized services are not available. We ask that you meet the following:
- In agreement with our Mission, Vision, Values, and Guiding Principles
- Minimum: accredited training or registration in your specialized field
Health Professionals
- Mental Health Professionals (drugs and alcohol, addictions, counselling/psychology...)
- Brain Health and Injury Specialists/Researchers
- Parenting Experts
- Child Development Professionals
- Sports Injury Specialists
- Medical researchers, university faculty who can contribute information regarding medical advances in the recognition and treatments of childhood conditions
- Specialists in the following childhood conditions; ADD, ADHD, Aspergers Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome, Autism, Dyslexia, Other Learning Disabilities, Environmental Illness, Asthma, Obesity, Diabetes, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome etc.
- Naturopathy
- Chiropractic
- Traditional Chinese Medicine/Acupuncture
- Massage Therapy
- Dietician
- Art, Music, Dance, Movement therapies
- Other health professionals not listed above who also meet the above outlined requirements
Other Professionals
- Career counselors
- Safety Specialists
- Others we may not have considered
For web readability and user friendliness:
- Prevention Solutions (Core menu) articles only: For highest user friendliness and loyalty: include age-specific customization according to child development and communication strategies wherever possible according to your own knowledge and training. If your chosen topic applies to two or three of our age categories we suggest a customized paragaph entitled: Parenting Tips (or Strategies) for Your Older Child/Pre-Teen/Teenager”. FYI: ages for each are: older child 6-8, pre-teen 9-12, teenager 13-19+.
- Health Info articles (left menu educational), are for all ages except for Child Development...see our topics wish list.
- Previously published articles, fairly recent and current, are welcome though age-customized and original articles are preferred.
- Word count: 600 to 2,000 (MS Word has a word count feature under the Tools menu)
- Short one-concept paragraphs: max three or four sentences
- Contain a main heading, sub headings, and bullet form listings where applicable
- Grade 10 reading level
- Current – please maintain relevancy by providing ongoing updates
- Substantiated and referenced where appropriate
- Please see topics wish list to be sure your chosen topic is a good fit and to determine which category/section of the site you are writing for. If you have any questions feel free to contact Kerry
- NOTE: at this time articles and images must be sent to us via e-mail.
NOTES:
At this time, we do not pay for articles.
Recently published articles may be submitted. Please include copyright year at the bottom of your article
and your name in the top right corner of your article.
Article acceptance is at the sole discretion of 20/20 Parenting Inc.
Responsibility for errors in content of submitted articles is ultimately the
responsibility of the Contributor.
We reserve the right to edit articles for readability and brevity.
