The handbook is intended to provide practitioners with information on establishing and organizing a Human Growth and Development program in agencies and facilities which provide training to developmentally disabled persons. The handbook discusses the legal foundation (Florida law) for establishing the program as well as specific methods for teaching Human Growth and Development skills. The first chapter considers habilitation planning for human growth and development with sections on the human growth and development matrix (with domains of social identify, physiological identity, and health/hygiene) organized by six difficulty levels and behavioral indicators: goal development, evaluation of goals, implementing the habilitation plan, short-term objectives, lesson plans, and teaching methods. Chapter two looks at policies and support systems with an emphasis on Florida and includes sample agency policy statements on masturbation and privacy. The third chapter examines legal foundations of a human growth and development program with sections on client rights, competency, consent, informed consent, and questions and answers. Appended are a preassessment informal interview form, an annual habilitation plan and goal evaluation checklist, a lesson plan form, a sample lesson plan, and the texts of relevant Florida statutes. (DB)