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ESPRIT Page 13 By Joseph Lusignan Young Marines Drug Demand Reduction Resource Officer For the last five years or soProject Alert has been our curriculum. From corner to corner of our nation and all points in between it gives us the opportunity to teach a standardized curriculum to all of our Young Marines so that we can ensure that our Young Marines re- ceive the same education regard- less of the name of their unit. So why did we turn to Project Alert Drug Demand Reduction is the center pole of our tent as it is the reason that Congress funds our program. In fact our funding comes under the Department of Defenses Drug Demand Reduc- tion umbrella. But with most of our adult leaders coming from a drug free background it is not a subject that many are intimately familiar or comfortable with. We needed a curriculum that people who are not experts in the field of drug abuse could teach. Then a teacher AND one of our adult vol- unteers introduced me to Project Alert. So what is Project Alert Taken right off the website the Project ALERT curriculum was created and test- ed by the RAND Corporationa nonprofit nonpartisan research organization. De- veloped over a ten-year period Project ALERT addresses the pro-drug mindset of todays teens and effectively increas- es their likelihood to remain drug-free. Project ALERT is a free classroom based substance abuse prevention program thats proven to reduce the experimen- tal and continued use of drugs. Through a series of comprehensive lessons Proj- ect Alert motivates students against drug use cultivates new non-use atti- tudes and beliefs and equips students with the skills and strategies theyll use to resist drugs. Its been proven to Motivate students against drug use. Provide skills and strategies to resist drugs. Establish new non-use attitudes and beliefs. It consists of Fourteen eReader downloadable lesson plans Eight online interactive student videos Twelve projectable classroom posters Online teacher training A certificate of training completion Toll-free phone support and online technical assistance An electronic newsletter So how do we use it In addition to Registered Adultswe also have our high school aged Young Marines 14 and old- er become certified as instructors so that they can develop public speaking classroom management and leadership skills. In classroom settings they teach their peers and younger Young Ma- rines the Project ALERT Curriculum. The classes are interactive with scenarios input from the students and informa- tion on current trends and realistic cur- rent events. The individual instructor logs in to Pro- jectAlert.com and registers for the in- structor training. HeShe then takes the training individually moving through each lesson one at a time. At the conclusion of the training they will receive an emailed certifi- cate of training. Email the link to the certificate to me at DDRyoungmarines. com. Please indicate in the email the name and unit that the in- structor belongs to. I will enter it into the database on the instruc- tors behalf. Once you email me the certifi- cate youre ready to teach your Young Marines. Download the lesson plan prepare yourself to perfection and then deliver the best class your Young Marines have ever seen. An additional benefit of teaching Project Alert is that with the abil- ity to state that your Young Ma- rines have been educated through a standardized curriculum doors often open more readily when you are looking to do presentations for schools churches or other youth orga- nizations. With this education and utilizing mate- rials from our Closing the Gate on Drugs initiativeother youth and adults see the validity of the efforts were making in trying to entice our communities to lead a healthy drug free lifestyle. And did I mention its free An Outline and Explanation of the Project Alert Curriculum Described as 100 digital and 100 free Project Alert gives us the opportunity to teach a standardized curriculum to all of our Young Marines.