These five guidebooks are designed for literacy programs to enhance the quality of services provided to adults with learning disabilities. Each guidebook answers specific questions such as handling legal issues, screening for learning disabilities, selecting curriculum options, using effective instructional methods, and creating professional development opportunities. The following items are appended to the various guidebooks: glossary and important definitions of learning disabilities (guidebook 1); report cards on selected screening instruments, list of inappropriate instruments for screening for learning disabilities in adults, and discussion of reliability and validity (guidebook 2); report cards on instructional materials (guidebook 3); characteristics of the strategies instructional model and discussion of the role of phonological awareness in learning to read (guidebook 4); and needs assessment instruments, presenter notes, graphic organizers, case studies, and worksheets (guidebook 5). The guidebooks contain a total of 542 references. (MN)