Working in Flash

We've been working in flash for a few weeks now and it's been a lot of work! We've learned how to insert frames and key frames,add font,color,sound,and buttons. There's a lot in flash I can do on my own like putting a background color on, typing, and drawing. The stuff that confuses me is the frames and key frames and action script. I'm always confused about where to insert a frame, when to put the action script in and how to make scenes stop at certain places. My game demo skeleton is making some progress, but not as much as I would've liked. My buttons don't work because I click them and they disappear. I'm trying to fix them by making sure every scene has the right action script in it and I'm putting everything in the right layer. I haven't fixed it yet but I'm trying.