This guide for special education resource room teachers focuses on ways to balance the many conflicting demands of this role. The first chapter focuses on personal development with a "Personal Resourcing Questionnaire", guidelines for identifying goals and working systematically toward them, and suggestions for maintaining personal physical, psychological, and mental fitness. The second chapter gives guidance on being a resource to others in the resource teacher's various roles as salesperson/public relations person, communicator/collaborator, team member, liaison, disseminator, and time manager. The final section lists useful resources, including 34 toll-free telephone services, 11 parent organizations and resources, 7 sources of instructional resources, 25 professional journals, 31 publishing companies, and 31 national organizational resources. An appendix lists 14 references addressing the communicator/collaborator role. (DB)