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This guide to procedures for identifying gifted and talented children in Oregon outlines requirements of legislation and administrative regulations. The procedures describe steps in the identification process, including referral, screening, testing, and final selection/parent notification. The importance of identifying children when very young, using multiple criteria, and utilizing a case study approach is stressed. Obstacles to identification of the nontypical gifted, such as cultural and ethnic minorities, economically disadvantaged, underachievers, or handicapped, are discussed, along with techniques for overcoming the obstacles. A bibliography lists four references on identification and approximately 50 references on the nontypical gifted. Appendices contain procedures for selecting a group mental ability test; sample forms, letters, and identification materials, including teacher, parent, and self referral forms; descriptions of possible tests for use in measuring talent and giftedness; a glossary of technical terms; sample identification procedures from Hillsboro Elementary School District; and background information on identification, student records and confidentiality, and student characteristics. (JDD)

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