Written for parents of young multihandicapped children who experience coordination difficulties or delayed development, the book explains how to teach independent eating habits, using a spoon or other utensil. Parts 1, 2, and 3 deal with such topics as foods to use when beginning; head control problems; how to evaluate initial skills and subsequent progress; mouth skills (including lip use, chewing, and swallowing); and spoon skills (including picking up and grasping the spoon, ways of adapting standard utensils, and special hints for teaching the blind). Parts 4 and 5 contain lists of additional references, firms that supply adaptive equipment, and sample progress charts. Thirty-five photographs which show parents teaching their children how to eat are used to illustrate major points. (LH)