Designed to accompany the volume "The Secondary Resource Specialist in California--Promising Practices", the document presents the components of a program for training secondary resource specialists for mildly and moderately handicapped students. Covered are three training components, each including a listinq of objectives, reading assignments, schedules, presentation outlines, and needed printed materials. Noted for the training components (each of which takes one day to present in its entirety) are the following objectives: for component one--structure and management of the secondary resource specialist program--knowledge of characteristics of a moderately handicapped learner, legal constraints on the specialist, structure of the program, limitations of a "special education wing", and time manaqement; for component two--establishing communication links--knowledge of available community resources, competencies necessary for the specialist, coordination and communication activities of the specialist, importance of parent involvement, presentations to regular classroom teachers, and role relationships within the schools; and for component three--curriculum approaches--knowledge of curriculum adaptation, material evaluation, material selection, behavior problems, the importance of vocational training, necessary life skills, and types of tutoring and their effectiveness. (IM)