The handbook provides an overview of characteristics, learning, and teaching methods, for parents of children with learning disabilities. Reviewed are problems that interfere with learning, such as poor rhythm sense and attention difficulties, and listed are six basic principles affecting the learning process. Home activities are suggested for developing reading, language arts, arithmetic, auditory and visual skills. Discussed are guidelines for using behavior modification techniques. Also explored are ways to cope with the child's interpersonal problems and methods for safeguarding the child's and the parents' rights. (CL)