Upper Iowa University implemented a staff development project to increase teacher competency in the education of adult students with learning disabilities. Participants were teachers of adult education classes throughout the State. The need for a staff development project for teachers with students at Level I (the concrete, beginning level) was revealed through requests by the teachers to the area coordinators for materials and techniques for working with students at this level. The project provided methods, materials, and teaching techniques in all areas of the curriculum with emphasis on reading. Characteristics of the learning disabled student were examined and commercially available tests to help diagnose Level I skill needs were demonstrated. Information was also disseminated through handouts, overhead projection, slides and cassette recordings, books, participant involvement, demonstration items, and specific take-home products. The project was carried out in four phases. The first phase was devoted to research and materials accumulation. The next three phases were workshops spaced approximately two months apart. Descriptions of the three workshops, other aspects of the project, and project outcomes are included in this report. (SH)