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Originally, the mission of the SADD chapter was to help
young people say "No" to drinking and driving. Today,
the mission has expanded. Students have told us that
positive peer pressure, role models and other strategies
can help them say "No" to more than drinking and
driving. And that is why SADD has become a peer
leadership organization dedicated to preventing
destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking,
other drug use, impaired driving, teen violence and teen
depression and suicide.
How is SADD unique?
SADD’s unique approach involves young people in
informing, supporting and assisting their peers to have
the best tools to make healthy decisions. Through its
expansive network of chapters across the country, SADD
can deliver information and messages to hundreds of
thousands of teenagers.
SADD relies
on scientifically grounded prevention principles. As a
youth prevention program that begins and evolves from
local level efforts, SADD is:
- age
appropriate
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culturally appropriate
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long-term, continuing throughout the school career
- cost
effective
In addition,
SADD promotes programming that includes:
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targeting all forms of drug use
- skills
to resist drug offers
- social
competency skills
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normative education designed to correct students’
misperceptions about
their peers’ drug use
- a
parent component
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outreach to all populations including children with
behavior problems or
learning disabilities
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interactive methods, such as peer discussion groups
- media
campaigns and lobbying for policy changes
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- SADD: showing what will or could happen if
drinking while driving especially during prom.
- Remember Monday May 5th- May 9th is red
ribbon week
- And Friday of that week is blackout day where
anyone with a black shirt form SADD is dead and
cannot talk
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