Scouting, Volume 65, Number 3, May-June 1977 Page: 47
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Scouting and the Severely
Mentally Retarded Boy. As a
special education teacher and
Scoutmaster, I read with in-
terest "Scout Skill Books—A
Classroom Bonanza" in the
September 1976 issue. It is
very reassuring to know that
Scouting has realized the need
to include special boys as
members. I would like to
propose the idea of taking this
even beyond the mildly to
moderately mentally retarded
Scout to the severely han-
dicapped boy.
Another teacher and I
developed a Scout troop in a
special day care center for
mentally retarded and emo-
tionally disturbed children in
inner-city Chicago. We found
that the goals of Scouting and
the education of the handi-
capped boy can be juxta-
posed. The areas of social
behavior, self care, commu-
nications, self-concept, basic
knowledge, practical skills
and body usage are to be found
in the Scout goal of the overall
development of the boy.
An example of this could be
seen during our stay at Camp
Owasippe, Mich., last sum-
mer. Even though I taught the
boys for two years, it amazed
me how well they adapted to
their new environment and
accomplished all the tasks at
hand. These boys had never
been away from home for an
extended period of time.
The potential for combin-
ing Scouting and education is
limitless. When an education
is actually lived, it carries on
through, no matter what the
intellectual level. With the
mentally retarded child finally
being taken out of the closet
and with society's gradual ac-
ceptance of him, it seems only
just that Scouting expedites
the integration by including
him in its ranks.
Kenneth Cusick
Hometown, III.
There are more than 60,000
handicapped youngsters regis-
tered in Scouting, many of
them severely mentally retard-
ed. The Scouting program is
adaptable to many situations,
and we are constantly seek-
ing to serve more of these
youngsters.
Conservation. The October
1976 issue of Scouting had an
article titled "Recycle." I read
it with great interest, inas-
much as our troop has been
collecting newspapers for
recycling for over 30 years....
For as long as I have been
involved with this troop, we
have been collecting sig-
nificantly more than 150 tons
every year. For example, in
1975 we collected 261.8 tons,
and in 1976 we collected 268.6
tons. In the first of our seven
drives this year, we collected a
little over 42 tons, which we
consider light for this time of
the year. . . . All things con-
sidered, we are pretty proud
of what we have been able to
accomplish through the com-
bined efforts of our uniformed
leaders and our Scouts and
their fathers.
James I. Johnston
Troop 59
Allendale, N.J.
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