Irvingtonpolice.com DARE

The New D.A.R.E. Curriculum is in its fifth year of a five-year national research effort
funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Under the direction of
principal investigator, Dr. Zili Sloboda, the University of Akron’s Adolescent
Substance Abuse Prevention Study is a rigorous scientific evaluation of the New
D.A.R.E. Curriculum designed to blend the latest in prevention science with the
nation’s largest prevention delivery network—the D.A.R.E. Program.

D.A.R.E. Teaches kids how to recognize and resist the direct and subtle pressures that
influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs. And
since, between 70% and 90% of all crime is drug related, it is absolutely vital that we
reach the children of America before it is too late.

The D.A.R.E. Program is usually introduced to children in the 5th or 6th grade. A
specially trained officer comes into your school and teaches the children.

The DARE program was first started in Irvington in the fall of 1993. The program was
taught in the Dows Lane Elementary School, Immaculate Conception School and in
the Abbott School District. Currently, the DARE Program is taught to all 5th grade
students in the community. DARE Officers, Michael Toolan, EJ Seman and Jon
Nyarady presently teach at the Main Street School, the Abbott School and the
Immaculate Conception School. Approximately 200 students will participate in this
years program.

Ways to be in charge:

A. Avoid the situation.
B. Strength in numbers.
C. Walking away.
D. Cold shoulder.
E. Saying "NO".
F. Giving a reason or fact.
G. Changing the subject.
H. Repeated refusal.
I. Use humor.

The DARE Program in the Village of
Irvington is taught by
Officer Michael Toolan,
Officer Erik Seman and
Officer Jon Nyarady.