This package contains self-paced training materials for mental health aides, designed to increase career mobility for lower grade Civil Service employees by preparing them to pass a Civil Service examination for upgrading. Procedures are described whereby the materials were developed by educational personnel at several adult education centers and field tested successfully at the centers. Included in the package is an overview of the training program, an analysis of the job description for mental hygiene assistant therapy aide (G-7), and test questions which are explained and linked to the training program and to the job description. To help adult education centers develop similar materials, patient safety objectives are included. (KC)