This guide is intended to reduce the youth suicide rate by teaching decision-making skills and coping mechanisms, and helping students develop self-esteem and communication skills. It was designed to be used by a local suicide prevention curriculum committee or team responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of the local program. The guide is organized into nine sections: (1) an overview and recommendations for implementing a suicide prevention curriculum; (2) strategies for developing self-esteem in students and sample lessons for kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) to implement these ideas; (3) a discussion of feelings and emotions, and sample lessons for K-12; (4) coping positively with stress K-12; (5) ways for students to locate and give help to suicidal individuals K-12; (6) basic facts about youth suicide, ways to identify the suicidal student, warning signs, factors that may lead individuals to commit suicide, ways to help, facts and fallacies about suicide, the link between alcohol and drug abuse and suicidal tendencies, and sample lesson plans (grades 6-12); (7) strategies for helping students form a life plan (grades 11-12); and (8) two examples of model suicide prevention programs in Wisconsin. Appendixes provide information on: suicide prevention and education organizations, pamphlets and books; information packets; audiovisual materials; suicide prevention and education newsletters; suicide preventon legislation; and a glossary. (TE)