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EVALUATION OF THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE DARE PILOT PROGRAM <br />In January 1§87 the Illinois State Police (ISP) contracted with <br />A.H. Training and Development Systems, Inc. (AHTDS) of Spring- <br />field to help the ISP conduct an evaluation of its pilot Drug <br />Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. <br />The DARE program teaches resistance skills to fifth and sixth <br />graders through a curriculum of 17 weekly one -hour lessons. The <br />unique aspect of DARE, which sets it apart from other school - <br />based drug education programs, is the fact that its curriculum is <br />delivered by a uniformed (unarmed) police officer and not by a <br />classroom teacher or other school employee. The evaluation o <br />the DARE pilot program, therefore, has three major areas of <br />investigation: <br />1. Is the DARE officer accepted in the classroom by the <br />students, teachers, and principal? <br />2. Is the DARE program accepted by the community? <br />3. Does DARE effectively teach resistance skills? <br />AHTDS agreed to provide technical assistance the design of the <br />evaluation, and to collect and analyze surve- ita obtained from <br />police officers who taught DARE, teachers, ::ncipals, alcohol <br />and drug abuse service providers, community rr.resentatives, law <br />enforcement officials and the DARE student. rmselves. AHTDS <br />staff videotaped DARE students in role-pl,., ":signed to show <br />