STARTING EARLY

A113 - Wednesday, October 10, 1984 - North Shore News

Automobile group starting
elementary alcohol program

STARTING EARLY,
the first alcohol
awareness program of
its kind in B.C., is being
introduced to elemen-
tary schools throughout
the province by the B.C.
Automobile
Association.

The program is specifically
designed for kindergarten to
grade six students and
focuses on alcohol education
and traffic safety.

Starung Early is the brain-
child of the American
Automobile Association
Foundation for Traffic Safe-
ty. It takes an innovative ap-
proach to providing children
with facts about the poten-
tially dangerous conse-
quences of alcohol misuse
without making social
judgements.

BCAA is distributing com-
prehensive Starting Early
teaching kits to every school
district in B.C. Teaching
techniques emphasize par-
ticipation for each age group,
and classroom activities
capitalize on the child’s real-
life experiences to ensure per-
sonal and social relevance.

‘We're excited about in-
troducing this new program
in elementary schools
throughout B.C.,"’ says
BCAA’s Chairman Dennis
Barkman. ‘‘From a very ear-
ly age, children come into
contact with alcoho! and we
believe that Starting Earty
will help prepare them for
many alcohol-related situa-
trons 7"

Barkiman says clementary
school is the place to begin
laying foundations for ota
tronal approaches to
muricrous soctdal  driaking
Situdflons

Although it will be oa
humber of vears before we
can adequately assess the
behavorial Changes that come
about as a result of this pro
gram. the lonp term woal os
reducing ali ohol related toad
accidents and fatalities
through aleohol awareness”
he says

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