This instructor's manual is designed to help in implementing a course for caregivers on individual planning for individuals with disabilities. Content notes and implementation notes for each section are provided, as are sheets for overhead projection, worksheets, and handouts. The course is organized into 19 sections to be administered in 8 hours of instruction. The sections include introductions and summarizations along with: an individual project and group discussion on the need for individual planning; a lecture on developing individual plans; a videotape, lecture, and discussion of the planning process; a lecture on organizing the individual planning meetings; a lecture and group exercise on selecting environments to inventory; an exercise and discussion on conducting general inventories; a lecture and group exercise on conducting an individual inventory; an overview and exercise studying the process of setting personal priorities; and an overview and exercise focusing on the evaluation process. (11 references) (PB)