LESSON 1: Introducing DARE

Introduce the DARE program and the DARE officer to the students.

To help students develop knowledge of basic drug facts and the harmful effects of mind-altering drugs if misused.

To help students understand there are many consequences that may result from the use of drugs.

To make students aware of the actual extent of drug use among adolescents and of the kinds of peer pressure they may face to take drugs.

To help students learn and practice effective ways to respond to different kinds of peer pressure to use drugs.

To help students understand that self-esteem, the way a person feels about himself or herself, results from positive and negative feelings and experiences.

To teach assertiveness as a technique for refusing offers to use drugs or other situations where it would be helpful.

To help students recognize stress encountered in their daily living and to suggest ways to deal with it other than by taking drugs.

To help students recognize that destructive acts of violence are inappropriate ways to deal with anger and to resolve disagreements.

To help students develop the understanding and skills needed to analyze how the media can influence the way people think, feel, and act about drug use and violence.

To help students apply the decision-making process in evaluating the consequences of various kinds of risk-taking behavior, including that of using drugs, tagging, and using weapons.

To help students find activities that are interesting and rewarding alternatives to drug use.

To acquaint students with high school leaders who do not use drugs and to clarify the misconception that drug users are in the majority.

To help students recognize the negative consequences of gang and group violence and to help them resist becoming involved.

To help students summarize and assess what they have learned from participating in Project DARE.

To help students respond effectively when they are pressured to use drugs.

To provide an appropriate DARE culminating activity to recognize individual achievement of all participants and to reinforce the values and skills they have learned.
 

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