This resource manual--proceedings of two task force meetings--is intended to assist Florida school districts, state agencies, and parents in the provision of special programs for students who exhibit disorders in oral or written language. As part of a continuing effort to improve services for exceptional students in Florida's public schools, the state Department of Education sponsored a special task force to focus on the language learning disabled population. Publication contents include: (1) keynote addresses--"Five Characteristics of Language Learning Disabilities" (James Leigh) and "Who are the REAL Language Learning Disabled?" (Geraldine Wallach); (2) an information review and analysis focussing on the Beginning Teacher Program and its impact on exceptional student education personnel; (3) observations on behaviors related to language learning disabilities, including the four statements the Task Force voted to use as central defining characteristics of the language learning disabled population; (4) options for planning programs; (5) issues, constraints, and strategies; (6) action plans--the work of universities and districts who were asked to develop plans which reflect desired directions for training and program development; (7) summary and recommendations; and (8) a list of selected readings. A 36-page appendix is attached, compiling selected information from school districts and universities, as well as two scales of competencies ratings. (ARH)