Text Box: “I liked everything about D.A.R.E.  It was great thing to do at this stage in my life.” Foothills School Division grade six student, 2007 Text Box: D.A.R.E. Works Foothills Society info@darefoothills.ca ● 403-601-3406 PO Box 1296, Okotoks, AB  T1S 1B3

 

 

 

Text Box: Elementary and Junior High Programs

Text Box:   The grade six and grade eight D.A.R.E. programs are 10 lesson life-skills programs taught by specially trained police officers to teach students:.   · effective skills for recognizing and resisting social pressures to experiment with tobacco, alcohol and drugs.   · positive alternatives to substance use.   · risk assessment and decision making skills.   · interpersonal and communication skills.

Text Box: Parent Program / Community Program

Text Box: The D.A.R.E. Parent Program / Community Program is offered several times per year in communities throughout the MD of Foothills.  It provides: · opportunities  for adults to ask questions and learn   · tools to raise drug-free, violence-free kids.   · basic facts about alcohol, club drugs and tobacco.   · information about how drugs are used and what they look like.   · skills for communicating effectively with kids about drugs  and violence.

 

 

 

 

 

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