This curriculum presents community based living skills for moderately and severely mentally retarded students at the middle and high school level. An initial section describes steps for individualizing the curriculum based on an assessment of the needs of individual students, including parent interviews and a community skills assessment. Task analyses of community activities are next outlined, such as street crossing, use of public restrooms, using a pay phone for emergencies, shopping, eating in restaurants, and bowling. The bulk of the document consists of classroom-based activities which serve as rehearsal strategies for students before going into the community. Major sections focus on those activities presented in the task analyses, including social interaction, safety, pedestrian/rider behaviors, using a public restroom, locating and using a pay phone, using a calculator, cashing a check, grocery shopping, and clothes shopping. Sample descriptions of the results of ecological surveys of specific community environments are also provided. Appendices consist of sample behavioral data sheets and forms used in the parent interview and community living skills assessment. A bibliography is appended. (JW)