Don T Text And Drive Case Study

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Sharifah Leben
Dr. Tolbert
Assignment 6
Assignment 6
• Mission Statement o The mission of the Don’t Text and Drive program is to ensure that teens are effective users of safe driving techniques. This programs empowers teens to be thinkers, decision makers, skillful drivers, and leaders to others. Students would be supported throughout their development as they learn the tools needed to be safer on the road by not texting while driving.
• Goals o Don’t Text and Drive creates a learning environment where teens along with adults are actively participating in group sessions and learning about the effects when texting and driving. o Allow student to have a different mindset when it comes to driving, and pledging to put down the cell phones so they

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