Clementon School District

D.A.R.E.

Thirty-five million school children around the world, 26 million from the U.S.A. will benefit from D.A.R.E.

The children of Clementon are very fortunate to have the love and support of our police officers.  This has been shown in the D.A.R.E. program in our school for the past seven years.  The following officers are involved with our D.A.R.E. program:

"Purpose...

D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a collaborative effort by DARE certified law enforcement officers, educators, students, parents, and community to offer an educational program in the classroom to prevent or reduce drug abuse and violence among children and youth.  The emphasis of the program is to help students recognize and resist the many direct and subtle pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, inhalants, or other drugs to engage in violence. 

The DARE program offers preventive strategies to enhance those protective factors, especially bonding to the family, school, and community, which appear to foster the development of resiliency in young people who may be at risk for substance abuse or other problems.  Researchers have identified certain protective and social bonding factors in the family, school, and community which may   foster resiliency in young people, in other words, the capacity of young people for healthy, independent growth in spite of adverse conditions.  These strategies focus on the development of social competence, communication skills, self-esteem, empathy, decision making, conflict resolution, sense of purpose and independence, and positive alternative activities to drug abuse and other destructive behaviors. "

As cited from:  " The Officer's Guide to D.A.R.E.  Workbook"

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