Author: James Anderson

Why D A.R.E. D.A.R.E. America

Again I just started so I am still growing strength everyday. With the use of this app and the amazing creators I know I have it in me to overcome this. I really feel for the ones who have been dealing with this long before this. I can honestly say your strong and if you haven’t tried the DARE app I recommend it…. To the ones who have overcame this congrats and thank you for sharing what you have learned using DARE and what you felt helped you the most.

In 1998, a grant from the National Institute of Justice to the University of Maryland resulted in a report to the NIJ, which among other statements, concluded that “DARE does not work to reduce substance use.”[19] D.A.R.E. expanded and modified the social competency development area of its curriculum in response to the report. Research by Dr. Dennis Rosenbaum in 1998[20] found that D.A.R.E. graduates were more likely than others to drink alcohol, smoke tobacco and use illegal drugs. The evidence suggested that, by exposing young impressionable children to drugs, the program was, in fact, encouraging and nurturing drug use.[22] Studies funded by the National Institute of Justice in 1998,[19][23] and the California Legislative Analyst’s Office in 2000[24] also concluded that the program was ineffective.

I don’t feel as if I had lots of anxious thoughts before. Now that I have DARE app I can calm down when my anxiety gets bad. Before I never knew anything about this anxiety. Dare has helped me fall asleep at night, breath, stop all different types of sensations, even face my fear of anxiety it’s self.

A comprehensive study completed in 2021 by UNC Greensboro – the only one ever conducted reviewing a prevention education curricula taught by law enforcement officers rather than teachers – concluded D.A.R.E. keepin’ it REAL Elementary School Curriculum is Evidence-based, Successful and Effective. Multiple studies have been conducted that have established that the keepin’ it REAL elementary and middle school curricula are effective. When someone asks if D.A.R.E. is “evidence-based,” what do they mean?

At the height of its popularity, D.A.R.E. was found in 75% of American school districts and was funded by the US government. The program consists of police officers who make visits to elementary school classrooms, warning children that drugs are harmful and should be refused. D.A.R.E. sought to educate children on how to resist peer pressure to take drugs. It also condemned alcohol, tobacco, graffiti, and tattoos as the results of peer pressure. In contrast, the length of training for most other prevention programs is only 2-3 days and is usually offered only to existing classroom teachers.

1. Health anxiety had me running to the doctors daily, intrusive thoughts had me thinking I was crazy, the sensations the come along with generalized anxiety were taking a toll on me physically and mentally.
2. I’m able to push myself out of my comfort zone regularly and I get through it!
3. The primary goal of most school-based, curriculum-driven prevention programming is to encourage decisions to never use drugs, or at least facilitate a significant delay in the onset of use of drugs.
4. I really feel for the ones who have been dealing with this long before this.
5. I’m just amazed at how a different mental approach to anxiety and understanding it has made it diminish.

To this end, several years ago D.A.R.E. established key Advisory Committees, the members of which are actively engaged in the development and implementation of virtually all aspects of the D.A.R.E. program. The D.A.R.E. keepin’ it REAL (kiR) middle school curriculum was developed by Pennsylvania State and Arizona State Universities with funding provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The two high school curriculums were developed by Rutgers University and the University of North Carolina, Greensboro respectively.

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Further, these programs offer neither a nationwide training system for instructors nor a rigorous process to ensure that training centers are accredited.In contrast, the length of training for other prevention programs is only 2-3 days, frequently offered only online, is usually offered only to existing classroom teachers, and, therefore, does not include in-classroom training. Further, these programs offer neither a nationwide training system for instructors nor a rigorous process to ensure that training centers are accredited. There are numerous reasons for D.A.R.E.’s success. Its unparalleled delivery system utilizing law enforcement officers as instructors and the fact that it was the first program of its kind anywhere in the world have individually and collectively played a critical role in D.A.R.E.’s growth and expansion. However, to remain relevant, effective, and impactful requires much more… it requires the critical review and substantive contributions of highly respected experts in the field of education, science, and law enforcement. And it also needs the intelligent comments and recommendations of the program’s audience – school children.

The program was conducted by uniformed police officers who visited classrooms. ARE D.A.R.E. CURRICULA RELEVANT AND STATE-OF-THE-ART? D.A.R.E. offers the most comprehensive prevention curricula available for K-12 students anywhere. The curriculum meets multiple National Core Standards in the areas of Reading (Literature, Informational Text, and Foundational Skills), Writing and Speaking and Learning.

The Most Comprehensive Drug Prevention Curricula in the World

These curricula have been proven effective through rigorous scientific evaluations. The D.A.R.E. kiR elementary curriculum is currently the subject of rigorous scientific evaluation, results of a preliminary evaluation of the curriculum conducted by Chapman University showed positive outcomes. Facing unparalleled drug abuse among our youth in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, visionary Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates and the Los Angeles Unified School District in 1983 launched an unprecedented and innovative substance abuse prevention education program – Drug Abuse Resistance Education. D.A.R.E. America recognizes that its comprehensive pre K-12 curricula are only one, although a potentially significant part of an overall and comprehensive approach to drug use and abuse. It is important to note that all law enforcement agencies are officially committed to the mission of reducing the supply of drugs (i.e., supply reduction) as well as reducing the demand (demand reduction) for drugs via prevention.

I never noticed how much I let my anxiety control me until I started this app. Currently waiting for my hard copy of the book and workbook to get here. This app is a game changer as long as YOU are willing to put in the work to get there.

D.A.R.E. is the Bridge to Building Trust and Positive Community-Police Relations

I’m just amazed at how a different mental approach to anxiety and understanding it has made it diminish. I’m still working on this and will be using DARE everyday. I usually never write reviews but this app deserves it! I have dealt with anxiety basically all my life but a few weeks ago it came back full force. Health anxiety had me running to the doctors daily, intrusive thoughts had me thinking I was crazy, the sensations the come along with generalized anxiety were taking a toll on me physically and mentally. I lost 11lbs in a week because I had to force myself to eat.

In its September 10, 2014 issue, Scientific American published an article entitled, The New D.A.R.E. Program – this one works. The article notes that Richard Clayton, Ph.D., a retired prevention researcher formerly of the University of Kentucky, was also once an outspoken critic of D.A.R.E., has since been invited to join D.A.R.E.’s board of directors and chair its Scientific Advisory Committee. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word ‘dare.’ Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. The program distributed t-shirts and other items branded with the D.A.R.E. logo and with anti-drug messages. These items were repurposed by drug culture as ironic statements starting in the 1990s.

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The Commission’s report identifies keepin’ it REAL as one such intervention programs. After a review that considered multiple criteria, D.A.R.E. America partnered with Pennsylvania State University to develop and adopt the keepin’ it REAL drug prevention curriculum. In 2008, D.A.R.E. launched keepin’ it REAL in middle schools; in 2013, D.A.R.E. launched kiR’s elementary school curricula. The program was most prominent in the 1980s and ’90s.