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A study was conducted to determine the extent to which teacher education programs in Region VIII (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming) were or were not providing instruction about child abuse and neglect. Among findings were the following: the majority of teacher education programs offered some instruction in this area, courses containing instruction regarding child abuse and neglect were most often taught under the heading of education, and 57% of the respondents were correct in indicating that teachers are responsible for reporting. Results led to such suggestions as the inclusion in teacher education of minimum preparatory programs which cover identification of the abused and neglected child and appropriate policies and procedures for making a formal request for further investigation by those designated by law to conduct such investigations. (SBH)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert