1. DEBORAH MAE FLORES is a A teacher of secondary students with special needs at Rockbridge High School in Columbia, Missouri. She coordinates a community-based vocational training program. Ms. Flores completed her master's degree in special education at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
2. PATRICK J. SCHLOSS is Assistant vice president for graduate studies and research at Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He has directed numerous OSERS-funded personnel preparation and model demonstration grants at the University of Missouri and the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Schloss has written 12 scholarly books, including 2 addressing community integration and community transition for persons with mental retardation.
3. SANDRA ALPER is Professor and chair in the Department of Special Education, University of Northern Iowa. She has extensive experience in preservice and inservice training and innovative program development for persons with severe disabilities and their parents. Dr. Alper has served as a project director for a model demonstration project in supported employment funded by the United States Department of Education, and frequently serves on grant review panels for the U.S. Office of Special Education and...