The DARE curriculum for middle/junior high school was developed by the Los Angeles Unified SchoolDistrict for use by law enforcement officers/deputies and educators to reduce drug abuse and violence among youth in their early teens. The emphasis of D.A.R.E. to Be Safe and Free From Drugs and Violence is to provide or reinforce the information and skills to enable students to resist pressure and other influences in making their personal choices. In addition, the lessons focus on helping students manage their feelings of anger and resolve conflicts without causing harm to themselves or others and without resorting to violence or the use of alcohol and drugs. Continuing emphasis is also directed toward helping students develop the skills and qualities needed to achieve good character and citizen ship.

From an administrative point of view, this instructional guide has been designed to assist schooldistrict administrators and teachers in working cooperatively with their law enforcement agencies in the planning and implementation of a program of drug abuse resistance education and violence prevention for students in middle/junior high school. The DARE curricular program is designed to help achieve America's educational goal for the year 2000: Every school in America will be safe, drug-free, and violence-free and will offer a disciplined environment conductive to learning.

The instruction consists of a series of ten lessons on social skills and violence prevention strategies to be taught cooperatively by the officer/deputy and the classroom teacher. The lessons and activities were designed to be implemented as an instructional block of ten days in a required course, such as health science, social studies, or some other appropriate academic subject.

The lessons taught by the law enforcement officer/deputy extend and reinforce the instructional content on substance abuse prevention being taught by the regular classroom teacher. The classroom teacher should maintain a supportive role in classroom management while the officer is teaching and should incorporate DARE program participation by students as an integral part of the students' final evaluation.

K-4
D.A.R.E. To Resist Drugs, Gangs, and Violence
The emphasis of the K-4 program is to assist D.A.R.E. officers in educating children to help them keep safe, drug-free, and violence-free and to teach them to recognize, aviod, and report situations that may endanger their personal health and safety.

This program is delivered by a D.A.R.E. officer in the form of visitation lessons. Four sessions areheld for grades K-2 and five sessions are held in 3rd and 4th grades.

• Focuses on child safety and prevention issues

• Helps students develop awareness that alcohol and tobacco are drugs

5-6
D.A.R.E. To Resist Drugs and Violence
The emphasis of the core curriculum is to help students recognize and resist the many direct andsubtle pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, inhalants,or other drugs or to engage in violence.

This program is delivered by a D.A.R.E. officer to fifth or sixth grade students. It includesone lesson per week for 17 consecutive weeks.

• Provides accurate information about alcohol and drugs and incorporates a strong no-use message.

• Teaches decision-making skills and shows techniques to resist peer pressure.

• Cooperative learning techniques are incorporated in the lessons.

D.A.R.E. Links:

D.A.R.E Skills Grid

Massachusetts D.A.R.E