Drumming for Success™
The Root Drumming Systems “Drumming for Success™ for At-Risk Youth” program is making great progress in New Hampshire after the successful implementation at the Newport Out of School Time (NOST) after school program in Newport, NH in the fall of 2011. Several New Hampshire school districts have since committed to including the sustainable Drumming for Success™program in upcoming grant proposals for implementation in 2012.
Sustainability
The
Drumming for Success™program model includes staff training protocols and
facilitator manuals to ensure a sustainable on site program that will
continue to have positive impacts on many students over time.
Music/Life Skills Curriculum
This
evidence-based program is both a drumming/music education curriculum and a life
skills curriculum. The djembe drums and the drumming quickly engages and
focuses the students on learning new things in a fun environment. The
subsequent use of musical/relationship analogies introduces important life
skills training.
Measurable Results
A series of outcome measures allow program
coordinators to document the results of students’ participation in the group
drumming protocol. The results from pilot studies have shown increases in
self-esteem, improvements school attendance and school behavioral patterns and
improved communication skills.
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