A proposed project at the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences at the University of Tulsa would recruit and train speech-language pathologists for service to handicapped children and youth in rural settings. The project would address the shortage of speech-language pathologists in rural communities, the lack of training programs in Oklahoma, and the high cost of graduate education through three major activities: (1) recruiting 15 students who will commit themselves to at least one year of service in a rural community following their prescribed course of study; (2) training students for roles specific to rural schools and needs of rural handicapped students; and (3) placing these trained personnel in rural education systems. In addition to the skills and knowledge required of all graduates of the speech-language pathology program, project students would participate in coursework to acquaint them with rural school politics/policy, rural value systems, and various models of service delivery to rural communities. The Project Director would work closely with state department officials, rural school districts, and cooperatives to identify job openings in rural areas and assist project participants in the application process. (LFL)