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Become acquainted with the
D.A.R.E. officer assigned to the school.
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Feel even more at east with their
peers.
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Describe the officers' and students'
responsibilities.
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Be aware of gaps in their knowledge
and misunderstandings of the effects and risks of alcohol, tobacco,
and other drug use (ATOP).
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Understand and begin
to incorporate the value of respect of self and others in their
interactions with the officer and other students.
LESSON 2:
Your Body and Brain-Keep them Healthy
Overview
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Research shows that drug use can cause short and long term damage to the
body and brain reducing critical functions. It is particularly important
to NOT
damage a developing body and brain.
Objectives
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Explain the effects that
alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs have on the brain and what
this means for brain functions.
- Identify
resources in the school and community to turn to help yourself and
others who might be in trouble with the misuse of alcohol and other
drugs.
LESSON 3:
Analyzing Advertisements
Overview
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Adolescents are exposed to numerous advertisements in general and for
alcohol and tobacco in particular. Use of alcohol and tobacco also
appears in many television shows and movies, which is another form of
advertising.
Objectives
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Recognize different advertising techniques and the reasoning behind
them.
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Explain that
this age group is the target of tobacco and alcohol advertisers. The
tobacco companies need to get young people to become addicted to
tobacco to replace the thousand of older consumers who die from tobacco
related illnesses each day.
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Explain
that advertisers are not respecting the consumers' health or the social
costs involved in the expenses related to tobacco use and alcohol abuse.
LESSON 4:
Headline News - Understanding Normative Beliefs
Overview
- Most
teens choose not to use alcohol, tobacco, or other illegal drugs.
Dispelling the myth that "everyone does it" is one of the best ways to
weaken peer and self-induced pressure to use drugs and alcohol.
Objectives
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Explain to others that most teens choose not to use alcohol,
tobacco, or other illegal drugs.
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Revise own beliefs about drug
use by others and not use the "everybody is doing it" excuse to justify
own behavior.
LESSON 5:
Going to the Movies and Decision-Making
Overview
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Using realistic situations involving pressure to use tobacco, students
will practice using the Decision-Making Model as a key tool for
developing the capacity to Take Charge of Life.
Objectives
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Explain and use the Decision-Making Model in problematic
situations.
- Use
information about Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) from earlier
lessons into their decision-making process. Generate viable resistance
options for any pressure-to-use ATOD situation.
LESSON 6:
Hangin' Out At Anthony's
Overview
- In
this lesson students are to continue to draw on the information and
attitudes examined in earlier lessons and the Decision-Making Model
introduced in Lesson 5 to create alternative ways to deal with
situations in which ATOD and social pressure to use are present.
Objectives
- Use
the Decision-Making Model.
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Explain what acting confidently means, what kinds of behaviors
reflect a confident response, and what elements are present in typical
confident behavior.
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Use three or more confident
responses to express their decision to not to drink the beer.
LESSON 7:
Practicing Resistance Skills
Overview
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Integrating the information on risks of substance use with listening,
decision-making, acting confidently, and refusal skills form the cluster
of resistance skills. In order to become effective in the use of
resistance skills, extensive practice is needed.
Objectives
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Integrate the information on risks with resistance skills.
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Effectively use resistance skills in scenarios.
LESSON 8:
Cooling It
Overview
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Recognizing frustration and feelings of anger, as well as knowing how to
"cool it" and re-direct anger can help students avoid violence.
Objectives
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Explain how thoughts and
feelings can affect one's action
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Identify several factors in
situations that might contribute to conflict/anger.
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Explain in their own words the
meaning of "cooling it".
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Apply elements
of "cooling it" in role-play scenarios.
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Combine
"cooling it" skills with listening,
decision-making and acting confidently.
LESSON 9:
Social and Legal Responsibilities
Overview
- As adolescents mature
and want more freedom, it is necessary for them to have an understanding
of different rules and laws, as well as an understanding of the
difference between legal and social responsibilities. These are
important concepts for youth to take into consideration in order to be
in charge of their lives.
Objective
- Distinguish between
legal and social responsibilities while applying all of the information
they have learned in the previous lessons while arguing cases.
LESSON 10. Putting
It All Together
Overview
- This lesson continues
the cases, looks at ways to have fun without the use of ATOD, and apply
all of the concepts and skills studied to new scenarios.
Objective
- Apply the knowledge
and skills learned throughout the A.S.A.P. program to new situations.
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