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Drumming
STARTTS Drumming program is a fun, trauma-informed and certified drumming program derived from Rhythm2Recovery. STARTTS has adapted Rhythm2Recovery, which was originally designed by Simon Faulkner, to the specific needs of newly-arrived young people from refugee backgrounds.
The program provides students with the opportunity to build confidence, reduce stress, and develop a sense of belonging as they settle into their new community. By learning and creating rhythms together, participants strengthen communication skills, celebrate diversity, and foster positive peer connections. Through rhythm and group drumming, young people explore self-expression, teamwork, and cultural sharing in a safe and supportive environment.
Drumming sessions are hands-on, practical, and engaging to promote wellbeing, but also to highlight the power of music as a universal language that bridges cultures and supports settlement.
Why do we run the Drumming program with young people? To…
- Foster personal strengths
- Develop positive relationship skills and connections with others
- Cultivate self-awareness and self-responsibility
- Build positive values towards self and others
- Strengthen self-esteem and social skills
Other Details
Target Group: Secondary Students, Maximum 15 secondary school students from refugee backgrounds
Program Delivery:
10 weekly sessions, 90 minutes each.
Requirement:
Large classroom or covered outdoor area (drums can be loud near classrooms)
Designed by:
Simon Faulkner (founder of Rhythm2Recovery) and adapted by STARTTS Youth Team staff
Maximum no. of participants:
15 per group
Aboriginal and Assyrian Drumming Collaboration, 2024
Inside Scoop
What have young people said about the drumming program?
How did you feel about being involved in the drumming program?
I know now how to calm down.
Drumming is good, take my mind away.
Talking about past was good for me, I feel proud.
Talking without words was good for me.
I learned that team is not just soccer but us in classroom too.
I can talk free now.
It was fun and hard at times.
What have teachers said about the drumming program?
“What did you observe about young people at and after the drumming sessions?”
