This publication provides a course of instruction for training individuals to administer medications in a group home or residential care home. The competency-based curriculum and instructional materials presented in the document contain three instructional units: Administer Medications, Obtain Vital Signs, and Explore Legal Issues. This format includes the following basic components that form a unit of instruction: objective sheet (introduction, unit and specific objectives), instructor's guide (unit contents, suggested activities, unit references), instructor's supplements (pretests, forms, answer keys), transparency masters, information sheets, student supplements, assignment sheets (written exercises), procedure sheets (a list of equipment, tools, and materials needed to complete a manipulative or psychomotor skill), activity sheets, tests, and evaluation forms. Depending on the specific objectives, any given unit of instruction may or may not include transparency masters, supplements, assignment sheets, procedure sheets, or activity sheets. (YLB)