Helps students apply the decision making process in evaluating the results of various kinds of risk-taking behavior, including that of drug use. Saying yes to positive alternatives Helps students find out about activities that are interesting and rewarding and that are better than taking drugs. Having positive role models Older student leaders and other positive role models that do not use drugs talk to younger students to clarify the misconception that drug users are in the majority. Resisting gang pressures Students will be able to identify situations in which they may be pressured by gangs and to evaluate the consequences of the choices available to them. D.A.R.E. summary Helps students summarize and assess what they learned from the program.
Students complete own commitment and present to class.
Helps them respond effectively when pressured to use drugs. Culmination D.A.R.E. Graduation, a special exercise for all students in which they are recognized publicly for taking a stand against drugs. Illegal Drugs and their associated criminal activities have done a tremendous amount of damage to our society and, as usual, it is the children that suffer. D.A.R.E. is a viable tool in turning this generation and the ones following in a better direction. The D.A.R.E. Officers serve as role models for the children in their assigned schools, providing an often needed guiding hand to children in need of support and assistance.