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About
D.A.R.E.
This year millions of school
children around the world will benefit from
D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), the
highly acclaimed program that gives kids the
skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs,
gangs, and violence. D.A.R.E. was founded in
1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful
that it is now being implemented in 75 percent
of our nation's school districts and in more
than 43 countries around the world. D.A.R.E. is
a police officer-led series of classroom lessons
that teaches children from kindergarten through
12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live
productive drug and violence-free lives.
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The
Value of the D.A.R.E. Network
The Launching of D.A.R.E. America
Overwhelming national and international demand for
D.A.R.E. led to the creation of D.A.R.E. America, a
national non-profit organization. D.A.R.E. America
serves as a resource to communities, helping to
establish and improve local D.A.R.E. programs. D.A.R.E.
America provides officer training, supports the
development and evaluation of the D.A.R.E. curriculum,
provides student educational materials, monitors
instruction standards and program results, and creates
national awareness for D.A.R.E.
Specially Trained Cops Assigned D.A.R.E. Classroom
"Beats"
The D.A.R.E. curriculum is designed to be taught by
police officers whose training and experience gave
them the background needed to answer the sophisticated
questions often posed by young students about drugs
and crime. Prior to entering the D.A.R.E. program,
officers undergo 80 hours of special training in areas
such as child development, classroom management,
teaching techniques, and communication skills. 40
hours of additional training are provided to D.A.R.E.
instructors to prepare them to teach the high school
curriculum.
D.A.R.E. Receives High Marks From America's Leaders
Presidential administrations, governors, members of
congress, and state legislators have praised D.A.R.E.
Since 1988, Presidential Proclamation declares one day
each year National D.A.R.E. Day. State legislatures
have joined with the President and Congress by
proclaiming D.A.R.E. day within their respective
states.
D.A.R.E. Training is Unique
D.A.R.E. goes beyond traditional drug abuse and
violence prevention programs. It gives children the
skills needed to recognize and resist the subtle and
overt pressures that cause them to experiment with
drugs or become involved in gangs or violent
activities.
D.A.R.E. is Community Policing
D.A.R.E. is universally viewed as an internationally
recognized model of community policing. The United
States Department of Justice has identified how
D.A.R.E. benefits local communities:
• D.A.R.E. "humanizes" the
police: that is, young people can begin to relate to
officers as people
• D.A.R.E. permits students to see officers in a
helping role, not just an enforcement role
• D.A.R.E. opens lines of communication between law
enforcement and youth
• D.A.R.E. Officers can serve as conduits to provide
information beyond drug-related topics
• D.A.R.E. opens dialogue between the school, police,
and parents to deal with other issues
The New D.A.R.E. classroom lessons
Never satisfied, D.A.R.E. America is moving forward
with an even better and improved D.A.R.E. program. In
fact, it is in the tenth revision of the program.
Recognizing that no other school-based program
possesses the delivery system of D.A.R.E., the
prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has
provided a generous grant to the University of Akron
to develop and test a new D.A.R.E. curriculum. This
new state-of-the art substance abuse prevention
curriculum will be tested and evaluated over a
five-year period with over 50,000 students in six U.S.
cities. The goal is to design and test the next
generation of science-based program.
For more information on the DARE evaluation process
(PDF)
The bottom line--to combine the best research and
science with the world's most effective delivery
system--D.A.R.E.
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