The guide offers an integrated curriculum in computation, communication, and living/vocational skills for trainable mentally handicapped students. The introduction addresses such issues as problems of labeling and classification, academic versus living/vocational skills, placement procedures, early intervention, and parental involvement. General guidelines for instruction are offered for areas which include task analysis, functional application of skills, individualized instruction, community resources, daily planning, and peer tutoring. Divided into sections, the document outlines objectives, teaching strategies, and materials along six developmental levels. Section 1 covers the following living/vocational skills: self knowledge and social relationships, travel, health, safety, work, home management, money management, motor development and physical activities, fine arts and individual expression, and citizenship and individual responsibility. Section 2, on computation, includes strategies for instruction in shapes and positionals, numbers, operations, and measurement. The final section on communication contains information for developing receptive and expressive communication; viewing, reading, handwriting, and spelling. Appended to each section are a program overview, a student profile/checklist, and a list of resources. (SW)