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Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. – 1989
The Drug Resistance Education (DARE) program is designed to prevent drug abuse in Hawaii's children and youth. The program is currently conducted in fifth grade classrooms by uniformed Honolulu Police Department officers. As a primary prevention program, the DARE program is directed at reducing drug abuse incidence rates by targeting total-school…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Download full textFilson, Gerald W. – 1992
A summative evaluation of the two TVOntario series, Dealing with Drugs and Chemical Solutions was carried out in the April-to-June 1991 period. Classes (N=23) were recruited for the intermediate and senior grade level study, which included more than 550 students. The intermediate series, Dealing with Drugs, designed for grade 7 and 8 students,…
Descriptors: Drama, Drug Abuse, Educational Television, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBotvin, Gilbert J.; Epstein, Jennifer A.; Baker, Eli; Diaz, Tracy; Ifill-Williams, Michelle – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1997
Reports on the effectiveness of a drug abuse prevention intervention with a predominantly minority sample of seventh-grade students (N=721). Results indicate that this approach was effective on several behavioral measures of current drug use, including measures of polydrug use and on intention measures relevant to future drug use. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Peer reviewedHawkins, J. David; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1988
The effects of a package of instructional methods on the academic achievement, behavior, and social bonding of 77 experimental and 83 control students in grade seven who were low achievers in math are described. The potential for preventing discipline problems through promoting sound teaching practices in mainstream classrooms is reviewed. (TJH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies
Direct linkFarrell, Albert D.; Meyer, Aleta L.; Sullivan, Terri N.; Kung, Eva M. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2003
We evaluated the impact of RIPP-7, a seventh grade violence prevention curriculum designed to strengthen and extend the effects of the sixth grade RIPP-6 curriculum. Classes of seventh graders at two urban middle schools serving predominantly African-American youth where RIPP-6 had been implemented the preceding school year were randomized to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Intervention, Violence
