AWARE
HEALTH
EDUCATION
HEALTH
EDUCATION
Brookline's AWARE program (previously DARE) is a collaborative educational program by law enforcement officers, educators, students, parents, and community to reduce risky behavior among Brookline youth, from drug and alcohol abuse to cyberbullying and relationship violence. Classroom presentations are designed to help students recognize and resist the pressures that influence them to engage in unhealthy behavior.
GRADE SIX 4 sessions
Friendships/Bullying/Internet
Tobacco’s Physiological Effects/ Influences on Behaviors/Decisions Related to Use of Tobacco Products
Alcohol and other drugs
Role Plays (assertiveness when confronted with a tough choice)
Parent Resources
GRADE SEVEN 6 sessions
Cyber citizenship (with BHS Peer Leaders) – 2 sessions
Topics Include:
List what makes someone a disrespectful/respectful cyber citizen
Consequences of that behavior
Facebook
Texting
Positive uses of computer – Facebook, texting etc.
Relative laws
Google your name (homework)
What did you discover when you Googled yourself?
Scenarios
Parent Resources
Substance Awareness -- 2 sessions
Topics Include:
Illegal/legal use and abuse
Community Resources
Highlight Brookline Police cases
What are the current trends?
Resources
The role of the bystander
Parent Resources
Teen Dating Violence -- 2 sessions
Topics Include:
Defining abuse
Related laws
Stats
Cycle of abuse
Defining respect/Scenarios
Establish healthy relationships
Create skits on abuse and respect
Parent Resources
GRADE EIGHT 4 sessions
Teen Dating Violence -- 2 sessions
Topics Include:
Review prevention of teen dating violence
Scenario
Substance session- Q and A (with Peer Leaders)
Parent Resources
Transition to High School Life (with Peer Leaders)– 2 sessions
Parent Resources
CONTACTS:
Doreen Gallagher 617-730-2713
Officer Katharine McCabe 617-730-2619, kmccabe@brooklinema.gov
Officer Prentice Pilot 617-730-2248
Friendships/Bullying/Internet
Tobacco’s Physiological Effects/ Influences on Behaviors/Decisions Related to Use of Tobacco Products
Alcohol and other drugs
Role Plays (assertiveness when confronted with a tough choice)
Parent Resources
GRADE SEVEN 6 sessions
Cyber citizenship (with BHS Peer Leaders) – 2 sessions
Topics Include:
List what makes someone a disrespectful/respectful cyber citizen
Consequences of that behavior
Texting
Positive uses of computer – Facebook, texting etc.
Relative laws
Google your name (homework)
What did you discover when you Googled yourself?
Scenarios
Parent Resources
Substance Awareness -- 2 sessions
Topics Include:
Illegal/legal use and abuse
Community Resources
Highlight Brookline Police cases
What are the current trends?
Resources
The role of the bystander
Parent Resources
Teen Dating Violence -- 2 sessions
Topics Include:
Defining abuse
Related laws
Stats
Cycle of abuse
Defining respect/Scenarios
Establish healthy relationships
Create skits on abuse and respect
Parent Resources
GRADE EIGHT 4 sessions
Teen Dating Violence -- 2 sessions
Topics Include:
Review prevention of teen dating violence
Scenario
Substance session- Q and A (with Peer Leaders)
Parent Resources
Transition to High School Life (with Peer Leaders)– 2 sessions
Parent Resources
CONTACTS:
Doreen Gallagher 617-730-2713
Officer Katharine McCabe 617-730-2619, kmccabe@brooklinema.gov
Officer Prentice Pilot 617-730-2248
