This evidence-based program, developed by the University of Minnesota, significantly enhances the effectiveness of the D.A.R.E. program, when the two are used together. In four brief sessions, this engaging curriculum helps teens examine attitudes and pressures in critical areas of their lives:

• friendship and peer pressure
  
• group influences and expectations
  
• advertising and the media
  
• role models and goals

Colorful, upbeat magazines containing exercises, articles, self-assessments, and games can be read by young teens on their own, with peers, or with family members.

All materials are included in a three-ring binder. The program includes:

• one facilitator guide (includes peer leader guide and reproducible activity sheets)
  
• one audio CD
  
• 30 sets of four VERGE magazines
  
• 30 sets of four parent postcards

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