This practicum was designed to: improve the skills of personnel working with students with severe and/or profound handicaps in junior high school; to improve staff development; and to increase the consistency of services offered in a community-based instruction program for K-12. A needs assessment survey of 10 staff members determined the level of understanding of techniques used in the community-based instruction program, and five techniques were selected for training. The five techniques were: discrepancy analysis; ecological inventory; in-house functional activities; partial participation; and systematic teaching. In-service training packets were designed to cover each technique. Each packet contained at least a pre/post-test, an article to present the technique's rationale, material to perform task analysis of each technique, and a list of things to remember. Two packets included a videotape recording. It was concluded that techniques needed for staff development could be identified by a needs survey, and the techniques identified could be self-taught through the use of well-designed individual packets. The packets were used effectively with different levels of staff, including paraprofessionals, teachers, and coordinators. The needs assessment instrument is included in an appendix. (26 references) (JDD)