This guide comprises a summary of the development of and materials for use in the implementation of a research-verified model training program to help high-risk students complete postsecondary education programs. Discussed first is the original pilot project that was implemented to serve the high-risk postsecondary vocational students entering the health occupations courses at Missoula Vocational Technical Center (MVTC) in Missoula, Montana. The second chapter describes the success of the pilot project in helping 116 of the 175 participants in the prevocational program to complete it successfully. Addressed next are reasons for prevocational programs, components of such programs in relation to the importance of flexibility, and concerns and pitfalls in implementing prevocational education. The fourth chapter, a program model, consists of course outlines, course objectives, day-by-day teaching schedules, procedures for identifying high-risk students and enrolling them in prevocational programs, and exit interview procedures for use in the following subject areas: reading, study skills, mathematics, and career counseling. Appendixes to the guide include sample program correspondence, pre- and posttest data on MVTC program participants, ground rules for learning groups and for group counseling, a career awareness scale, a sample health occupations course pretest, and a bibliography. (MN)