This manual is one of four volumes in a staff development series designed for use with the Georgia Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling units. The helping skills training program, developed to equip school personnel with the competencies necessary to establish and maintain interpersonal relationships has two components, part 1, the self-instructional manual for individual (written) practice, and part 2, the group activities component. The materials are presented in seven sequential competency units, i.e., attending, listening, perceiving, responding, confrontation and feedback, personalizing, and initiating skills, which correspond to the units in part 1. Each unit contains group activities/exercises complementing the written ones in part 1 and meant to be practiced in the training group. An introduction to part 2 describes the necessary characteristics of the training group and suggests ways in which parts 1 and 2 can be coordinated, and provides specific guidelines for the group leader. A series of warm-up exercises precedes the seven content units and a reference list is appended. (MCF)