This manual was written to help schools address the problem of youth suicide. The introduction presents a teenager's and a parent's perspective of youth suicide, discusses the problem of youth suicide, and develops a hypothesis of why the problem exists. Section 1 describes the contributing factors involved with adolescent suicide and provides guidelines for identifying students at risk for suicide. Adolescent problems involving depression and substance abuse are given special attention. Section 2 focuses on intervention and makes some suggestions on how adolescent suicide might be prevented in schools. Included in this section are: (1) ways for school personnel, students, and parents to deal with the problem; (2) intervention; (3) a suggested policy for a crisis intervention team; (4) suggested guidelines for schools to use after a suicide or sudden adolescent death; (5) guidelines for recognizing students at risk following a youth suicide; (6) working with the media; (7) handling grief; (8) the Edgewood High School Model for suicide intervention following two suicides in 1985; (9) Indiana chapters of Compassionate Friends; and (10) a national directory of survivor support groups for 1983-1984. A bibliography is included. Fact sheets, a manual evaluation form, and other relevant materials are appended. (NB)