Peer Pressure

D.A.R.E. Review

Risks & Consequences

Did anyone take a risk with positive consequences?

D.A.R.E. Activity

D.A.R.E. ActivityHow does this feel when you push together?

1.2.3.

D.A.R.E. ActivityWhat you experienced is something called pressure.

Could you see pressure when you were pushing? Pressure is like that, you can’t see it, but you feel that it is there.

Pressure:

Peer Pressure:

a force or influence that acts on you to do something.

when people about your age try to get you to do something.

Pressure:a force or influence that acts on you to do something.

D.A.R.E.Examples of peer pressure:

Good:

Bad:

Responding to peer pressure…

Resistance:the refusal to accept others’ influence.

D.A.R.E. Activity

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Resistance Strategies

D.A.R.E. Activity

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DDMMDefine and Assess and Respond…

Dealing With Stressful Situations

Stress:any strain, pressure, or excitement felt about a situation or an event.

D.A.R.E. Question

Think of a time that you felt stressed or upset about a situation or event…

D.A.R.E. Activity

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Signs of stress…

Examples…..

Stressful Situations

Pressure to do well in competitive activities Having to get up in front of the classFriends try to get you to do something you don’t want to do Moving to a new school

Why do you think a situation might be stressful one time but not another?

Stressful Situations

How to handle stress?

At times everyone feels stress. There are positive and negative ways to handle stress.

Examples?

How to handle stress?

The first thing you can do is pause, stop and think about the situation…It’s like hitting the pause button on your tv remote.

Take a moment to calm down, relax….

What might YOU do to help you pause in a stressful situation?Count to 5 and slow things down.

Walk away from the situation to give yourself time to calm down.

Tell yourself you can do it (positive self talk).

Put your head down on the desk.

D.A.R.E. Activity

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DDMMDefine and Assess and Respond and Evaluate…

D.A.R.E. Glossary

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D.A.R.E. Journal

Page 32, 33It is sometimes difficult to say “no” to our friends because….One response to pressure that I might use in the future is…Three signs of stress I learned today…In the upcoming week, two positive ways that I will deal with stress are…