This handbook, written in a conversational tone, is to help the teacher of very young children work effectively with the child who evidences a high risk for a learning disability. Based upon the theories of child development of Gesell, Piaget, and Kephart, this manual attempts to provide prescriptive activities for specific learning problems in the following areas: affective domain, body image, gross motor, fine motor, visual, auditory, and language development. Testing sequences are placed at the beginning of each developmental area delineating diagnosis and prescription for each of the areas. (CS)