This volume is the second in a series (developed in response to a needs assessment survey of special educators in Alberta, Canada) providing practical suggestions about instructional strategies, classroom management, preparing individual program plans, and understanding special needs. The book's four sections focus on the instruction of students with a range of developmental disabilities. Section 1 considers motor development, handling and positioning students with physical disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, instructional strategies, task analysis, and assessing and communicating student growth. Section 2 provides information and a variety of checklists related to foundation skills including communication skills (i.e., receptive, expressive, social, articulation, and vocabulary) and gross and fine motor development skills. Section 3 is on subject area learning, with information, checklists, and scope and sequence charts for mathematics, reading, and writing to Grade 6. Section 4, on life skills, offers charts, checklists, and information about basic life skills by domain--domestic and family life, personal and social development, leisure/recreation/arts, citizenship and community involvement, and career development. An annotated list of 40 teaching resources and a list of publishers' addresses complete the guide. (Contains 21 references.) (DB)