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About G.A.T.E. Kids

G.A.T.E. Kids is a school based prevention program designed to address protective and risk factors of students in kindergarten through 4th. GATE Kids lesson plans cover a variety of areas of risk for young people. GATE Kids works to instill in children at a young age the values of good decision making, friendship, caring, trust, anger management and diversity.

Mission Statement

It is the on going goal of G.A.T.E. America, Inc., to protect America’s young people from gangs, drugs, child abduction, and acts of violence perpetrated by other teens and adults through a series of educational lectures, intervention of early onsite at-risk behavior and parental contacts. We believe that all young people deserve to lead safe healthy lives without the risk surrounding gangs, drugs and violence.

OBJECTIVE #1

TO PREVENT ABDUCTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND AWARENESS OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS - G.A.T.E. understands that young people are keenly at risk for incidents of abduction, and sexual abuse. G.A.T.E.'s goals through lectures and awareness training teaches young people how to recognize the early signs of abuse and abduction attempts. To educate about paying attention to their surroundings and what to do in the event someone attempts to abduct them.

TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DRUGS AND REMAINING DRUG FREE - The goal of the GATE program is to promote a whole life experience, promoting a healthy life style without using drugs. The GATE program provides lessons, in dealing with drugs, legal and illegal and the abuse that occurs around those drugs. The goal is to promote a healthy attitude, which a student will want to, and desire to stay drug free. The GATE program uses a variety of learned experiences as well as in class exercises, which take them beyond just saying "No", but in addition leading by example. The goal is to promote a drug free environment wherever the student is.

TO RECOGNIZE AND RESIST PRESSURES OF GANGS
Social influences play a key role in encouraging children to join gangs. Pressures to join gangs come from internal sources, such as a child's desire to feel included in a group or to demonstrate independence and external influences, such as the opinions and examples of friends, older children, and adults, and the medial messages bombarding them daily. Kids must learn to identify these pressures. They must learn how to counteract messages to join gangs and gain practice in saying "NO". The education program emphasizes influences on behavior, responsible decision making, and techniques for resisting peer pressures to join and become a gang member. Peers, teachers, parents, etc., mold our behavior. The direct reasons people do not join gangs, situations where gang members can easily abuse and use drugs as well as who will introduce you to drugs, alcohol, and violence will be discussed. Ways to say "NO" and resistance skills needed to survive in this culture of ours will also be taught. Activities also include films and tapes, role-playing, group and individual projects and poster contests. Creativity is encouraged during this phase as well.

TO PROMOTE THE REDUCTION OF GUN VIOLENCE AND THE PROLIFERATION OF ACTS OF VIOLENCE COMMITTED WITH WEAPONS - The use of firearms by gang members is a fact reported almost daily in the news. As a result, hundreds of innocent persons have been hurt, cripple or killed by gang members using firearms. G.A.T.E.'s objective is to reduce the risk of violence perpetrated by firearms, and to educate youths on the dangers of firearms, and what the results of carrying and using firearms can be.

TO ADDRESS THE DANGERS SURROUNDING SCHOOL RELATED VIOLENCE - In the last several years school related violence has reached into the homes of parents and children across America. Students will be taught about bullying, peer mediation, conflict resolution, tolerance and cultural sensitivity to better get a grasp and understanding for their fellow students. The goal is too overt any acts such as those that occurred in 1999 in Littleton Colorado