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D'Amico, Elizabeth J.; Green, Harold D., Jr.; Miles, Jeremy N. V.; Zhou, Annie J.; Tucker, Joan S.; Shih, Regina A. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
Few after-school programs target alcohol and other drug (AOD) use because it is difficult to encourage a diverse group of youth to voluntarily attend. The current study describes CHOICE, a voluntary after-school program which targeted AOD use among middle school students. Over 4,000 students across eight schools completed surveys and 15%…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, School Activities, Ethnic Groups, After School Programs
McConnell, Elizabeth S. – National Middle School Association (NJ1), 2006
The New DARE middle school program, Take Charge of Your Life, has reinvented DARE as part of a major national research study that promises to help teachers and administrators address the issues of drugs and school violence. Gone is the old-style approach to prevention in which an officer stands behind a podium and lectures students in straight…
Descriptors: School Activities, Violence, Middle Schools, Drug Education
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2006
"Too Good for Drugs"[TM] is designed to promote life skills, character values, resistance skills to negative peer influence, and resistance to the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The program, which targets elementary and middle school students, is based on classroom discussions and structured activities that center on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Narcotics, Community Involvement, Peer Influence