The purpose of the program is to provide consumers with a safe environment in which musical non-verbal therapy is delivered to build resilience and well-being in at-risk consumers. The program explores a variety of module topics, including relationships, identity, community, emotions and feelings and teamwork.
Consumer types include:
- Primary and high school students
- Youth centres
- Juvenile justice centres and prisons
- Mental health services
- Aged care services
- Disability support services
- Returned servicemen and women
- Refugee and migrant support services
- Corporations
A range of outcomes have been identified as a result of participating in the award-winning DRUMBEAT® program. These include:
- Reduced anxiety and psychological distress
- Improved emotional regulation
- Improved self-esteem
- Provision of a constructive means of self-expression
- Increased commitment and perseverance towards group and individual tasks
- Increased sense of belonging and connection to community
- Increased group cohesiveness and collaboration skills
- Improved understanding of the range of human emotions and healthy expression of emotions
- Improved social skills, including listening, problem-solving, sharing and empathy
- Improved awareness and understanding of boundaries
- Recognition and understanding of healthy relationships and unhealthy relationships
- Increased awareness of the diversity of human experience and tolerance of difference
While we don’t currently offer DRUMBEAT® in WA, Holyoake continues to explore ways to deliver DRUMBEAT® in the future in a commercially sustainable manner. National and international program delivery is currently available under licence to interested parties. For more information, please contact us.
Search online for DRUMBEAT® to find an accredited facilitator. Other drumming therapy solutions also exist across Western Australia that have been modelled off the original DRUMBEAT® product.