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Increases attendance and engagement at Club sites and delivers a tangible outcome video for funders and marketing, driving positive youth-development outcomes.

We support youth development, attendance and engagement, positive youth outcomes, and program recruitment with the SEL books, keynotes, and the STEAM recording program.

FAQs

Straight answers.

The material is built for 30 to 45 minute blocks rather than a full instructional period, which suits Club program schedules. Staff looking for youth program curriculum or music activities for students usually need something with structure that fits an existing block, not a program that requires rebuilding the schedule.
The Psychological Effects of Music Youth Resource Books, music Programs, and recording or video production.

Staff looking for youth engagement activities ideas, at risk youth activities, or enrichment programs ideas that run in a Club block with existing staff will find these are built for exactly that — 30 to 45 minutes, no specialist instructor.
No. It is written for youth development staff to lead. No instrument reading is required of the facilitator. That matters in Club settings where staffing is mixed and turnover is real.
Yes. Recording and video production are hands on STEAM — members run the equipment and finish a piece they own.

Staff looking for STEAM project ideas for elementary students or STEAM activities for elementary at a Club find the project format holds members who drift from drop-in activities.
Yes. Recording and video production sit alongside existing technology programming rather than competing with it, and the science is audible — members hear what changes when they change something.

Staff searching for STEM enrichment programs near me for a Club block usually need something that runs with existing staff. Our staff deliver the recording programming, so yours do not have to learn it.
Yes. Music Programs built on the Psychological Effects of Music Youth Resource Books, plus recording and video production.

Clubs looking for cultural enrichment programs or culturally responsive books for students usually need something members choose voluntarily. Request a sample and let a few teens react to it — that is the only test that matters.
K through 4th grade, and a teen advanced edition for older members. Clubs serving a wide age range typically order across bands.
Yes, and regional or multi-site orders are common. Because the books are consumable, sites budget per member per year. Tell us your site list and quantities and we will quote it as one order with split shipping.
21st CCLC, ELO-P and ASES where the Club operates a school-site program, state and local youth funds, and private grants. Federal pass-through funds require the expense to fit the approved program plan.
Yes. Music recording and video production runs as a Club program block, on site or virtually, and it fits alongside existing technology and arts programming rather than competing with it. For Clubs building out youth program curriculum in STEAM, recording work is applied science delivered through something members already choose.
No. We send our own staff to run the programming. We do not train your staff to run it. Recording and production is a skill set, not a procedure. Trying to hand it off in a few hours would be like teaching a doctor to perform surgery in an afternoon — you would get a session that technically happened and a result nobody wants to hear. This is separate from training on the Psychological Effects of Music Youth Resource Books, which we do provide and which Club staff run themselves afterward. Recording is ours.
No. We are supplemental. We do not replace your SEL curriculum, your trauma-informed practice, or any program you already have in place. If you run a core SEL program, keep it — ours adds a music-based component alongside it. If you have trauma-informed protocols, training, and referral pathways, those stay in force exactly as they are. Nothing in our material substitutes for them, and our facilitators are not a substitute for your clinical, counseling, or behavioral staff. Your Club program model and national curriculum offerings stay as they are. This is added enrichment.
Yes. The Psychological Effects of Music interactive School Assembly is built for exactly this — a family engagement event where parents and children participate together rather than sitting through a presentation. That is the difference that matters for attendance. Families come to an event where something happens; they skip an information night. The session is music-driven and participatory, so a parent who speaks little English and a fourth grader are in it on the same terms. Family engagement events are a standing need for Clubs, and a participatory music event draws families who do not come to open houses.
Yes. The Psychological Effects of Music interactive School Assembly works for staff development, association events, and Club-wide gatherings. For youth development staff it demonstrates the method rather than describing it.

How this program runs

Same SIWM work. Built for Boys and Girls Club.

Start with the social emotional learning books. Add a keynote. Bring a recording program when you want participants writing and performing — we produce the song and video.

CASEL 5 SEL competencies; National Core Arts (Music/Media Arts); Common Core ELA writing & speaking/listening; CTE Arts/A-V pathways. Aligned with Boys & Girls Clubs’ priorities for academic success, character and leadership, health and well-being, and workforce readiness. Through songwriting and media production, youth build SEL, communication, digital literacy, STEM/STEAM, teamwork, confidence and creative career skills in a safe, engaging environment.

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