On November 6th, 2023, The D.A.R.E. Training Center in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, commenced their 3rd session of the D.A.R.E. Officer Training (DOT) for 2023. This session is preparing 31 officers to work in schools and provide students with skills to guide them to a...
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33rd D.A.R.E. Officer Training (PROERD) Santa Catarina – Brazil
The graduation of the 33rd class of instructors of the Educational Program of Resistance to Drugs and Violence (Proerd/D.A.R.E.) of the Military Police of Santa Catarina was conducted on the 28th of September 2023. The event took place at the Golden Hotel and Events...
17th PROERD/D.A.R.E. National Officer Training Culmination
The Federal District conducted and just completed the 17th PROERD/D.A.R.E. National Officer Training, which was held September 11 - 22, 2023. Officers from multiple Brazilian states attended the course and were certified to teach the program. This was a significant...
25 Years of PROERD Celebrated in Rio Grande Do Sul
A training seminar conference celebrating 25 years of PROERD (D.A.R.E.) was recently conducted in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. At the conference instructors were trained to strengthen drug and violence prevention education practices through the new curriculum, My...
Pedagogical Journey PROERD 2023
From March 6th to 8th, at the Anisio Teixeira-IAT Institute, the Pedagogical Conference of the Educational Program for Resistance to Drugs and Violence 2023 took place…
Mentor Officer Training 2023
The D.A.R.E. America Training Team along with the support and assistance of Virginia D.A.R.E., York County (VA) D.A.R.E. Program, and the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services & MD D.A.R.E. Unit...
PROERD Mentor Officer Training – Santa Catarina, Brazil
The training of PROERD/D.A.R.E. Mentors has commenced this Monday, October 17th, 2022. It is being conducted by the PROERD/D.A.R.E. Training Center of the Military Police of the State of Santa Catarina, South Brazil. In all, 36 PROERD instructors are currently in the...
Blind Student Receives Braille Version of the PROERD (D.A.R.E.) Workbook
A Braille Version of the PROERD/D.A.R.E. student workbook was delivered to a blind PROERD/D.A.R.E. student in the state of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil. Everyone in the class was thrilled…
129th PROERD Instructor Training Course in Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
From the 12th to the 23rd of September 2022, the 129th PROERD Instructor Training Course was held in the city of Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais, with 33 new Instructors being trained and ultimately certified to teach the PROERD/D.A.R.E. Program. The Training Team...
PROERD D.A.R.E. Officer Training in São Paulo, Brazil
On September 19, another round of the PROERD Teaching Training Course was started, from the D.A.R.E. Training Center of São Paulo, conducted at the Teaching Center of the Environmental Policing Command, located in Vila Mariana, in the municipality of São Paulo. The...
Photos from the Río Grande Do Sul D.A.R.E. Officer Training in November 2023
On November 6th, 2023, The D.A.R.E. Training Center in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, commenced their 3rd session of the D.A.R.E. Officer Training (DOT) for 2023. This session is preparing 31 officers to work in schools and provide students with skills to guide them to a...
33rd D.A.R.E. Officer Training (PROERD) Santa Catarina – Brazil
The graduation of the 33rd class of instructors of the Educational Program of Resistance to Drugs and Violence (Proerd/D.A.R.E.) of the Military Police of Santa Catarina was conducted on the 28th of September 2023. The event took place at the Golden Hotel and Events...
17th PROERD/D.A.R.E. National Officer Training Culmination
The Federal District conducted and just completed the 17th PROERD/D.A.R.E. National Officer Training, which was held September 11 - 22, 2023. Officers from multiple Brazilian states attended the course and were certified to teach the program. This was a significant...
25 Years of PROERD Celebrated in Rio Grande Do Sul
A training seminar conference celebrating 25 years of PROERD (D.A.R.E.) was recently conducted in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. At the conference instructors were trained to strengthen drug and violence prevention education practices through the new curriculum, My...
Pedagogical Journey PROERD 2023
From March 6th to 8th, at the Anisio Teixeira-IAT Institute, the Pedagogical Conference of the Educational Program for Resistance to Drugs and Violence 2023 took place…
Mentor Officer Training 2023
The D.A.R.E. America Training Team along with the support and assistance of Virginia D.A.R.E., York County (VA) D.A.R.E. Program, and the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services & MD D.A.R.E. Unit...
PROERD Mentor Officer Training – Santa Catarina, Brazil
The training of PROERD/D.A.R.E. Mentors has commenced this Monday, October 17th, 2022. It is being conducted by the PROERD/D.A.R.E. Training Center of the Military Police of the State of Santa Catarina, South Brazil. In all, 36 PROERD instructors are currently in the...
Blind Student Receives Braille Version of the PROERD (D.A.R.E.) Workbook
A Braille Version of the PROERD/D.A.R.E. student workbook was delivered to a blind PROERD/D.A.R.E. student in the state of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil. Everyone in the class was thrilled…
129th PROERD Instructor Training Course in Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
From the 12th to the 23rd of September 2022, the 129th PROERD Instructor Training Course was held in the city of Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais, with 33 new Instructors being trained and ultimately certified to teach the PROERD/D.A.R.E. Program. The Training Team...