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This paper is a product of Project COMPETE, a service demonstration project undertaken for the purpose of developing and validating a model and training sequence to improve transition services for moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded youth. The paper examines the need for cooperative programming across agencies serving this population and proposes directions for effective and comprehensive transition programming. Problems in current programming practices include lack of coordination across programs, lack of appropriate goals, and lack of focus on instructional needs of learners. Better programming requires: (1) goal and objective specification; (2) interagency cooperation and planning; (3) cooperative training of staff; and (4) consumer involvement and marketing strategies. Stressed throughout is the importance of training--training individuals with severe handicaps, training direct service personnel, training supervisory staff, and training community employers. (DB)

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