COM 0314.076 1996-1998 - Laserfiche WebLink

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EXHIBIT 1 SCOPE OF SERVICES Description of the Program The Hawaii Police Department's Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program consists of 4 officers providing a minimum of one lesson per week for forty-five (45) minutes for third, fifth, and eighth graders attending public schools within the COUNTY OF HAWAII for the duration of the 1996-97 school year. DARE is the police-officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children the facts about alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and violence and gangs, and gives them the practical skills needed to resist unwanted peer pressure and to build and maintain self-esteem. During the year, DARE is involved in a multitude of activities, i.e., Parent Teacher Student Association (PISA) and Parent/Community Network Center (PCNC) meetings, school and community fairs and activities, statelnational conferences and training, summer leadership camp for selected students and DARE officer training. The Police Department shall: I. Provide the DARE program curriculum for the third, fifth, and eighth graders of all public schools within the COUNTY OF HAWAII. A. The curriculum shall include the following lessons for third grade: 1. Laws and Rules to Keep Us Safe; 2. Drugs May Help or Harm; 3. Saying No to Drug Offers; 4. Handling Conflicts; 5. Avoiding Gangs and Gang Violence; and 6. Culmination. B. The curriculum shall include the following lessons for the fifth grade: 1. introducing DARE; 2. Understanding the Effects of Mind-Altering Drugs; 3. Considering Consequences; 4. Learning Resisting Techniques; 5. Building Self Esteem; 6. Learning Assertiveness - A Response Style; 7. Managing Stress Without Taking Drugs; 8. Reducing Violence; 9. Combating Media Influences on Drug Use and Violence; 10. Making Decisions About Risky Behaviors; 11. Saying Yes to Positive Alternatives; 12 Having Positive Role Models;