Military

National Guard

Builds morale, resilience and teamwork in a family-friendly format; students create resilience songs, their work makes care packages, and the day drives positive youth engagement on the installation.

We support resilience and readiness, morale, youth and family engagement, and teamwork with the SEL books, keynotes, and the music recording program.

FAQs

Straight answers.

Guard and Reserve families are dispersed in civilian communities rather than concentrated on an installation. Children may be the only military-connected student in their school, without the peer group that active-duty youth have automatically. Consumable material a family keeps works better in that context than programming that requires gathering everyone in one place.
Yes. Because each participant keeps their own copy, the material continues working after an event ends — which is the recurring problem with single-day Guard events.
Yes. Orders fall below the $15,000 micro-purchase threshold, where the purchase card is the preferred method and competitive quotes are not required if the price is reasonable and documented. We are SAM- registered. Our funds expire at fiscal year end.
Same day. Send quantity, grade bands, ship-to, and your obligation deadline. Confirm your own internal cutoff, which is usually before September 30.
Yes, and virtual delivery matters here more than anywhere else we work. Recording programming can run remotely with participants in their own homes, which reaches Guard youth who are nowhere near an installation. On-site delivery at armories, family assistance centers, or youth events is also available. Quoted separately from materials.
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. For dispersed programs that usually means virtual delivery run by our staff rather than equipment shipped to an armory with instructions.
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 family readiness structure and referral resources are unaffected. This is material added to them.
Yes. The Psychological Effects of Music interactive Training 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. This is the strongest fit in the military group. Guard families are dispersed in civilian communities, so the family event is often the only time they are in a room with others who understand their situation. Yellow Ribbon and family readiness events both work.
Yes. The Psychological Effects of Music interactive Training works for Yellow Ribbon events, family readiness gatherings, youth symposia, and staff development. Virtual delivery is available, which matters for dispersed Guard populations.
Yes. Dispersed programs frequently need split shipments to armories or family assistance centers. Include the addresses with your quote request.
Programs typically use selected sections of the Psychological Effects of Music Family Resource Books rather than a full book, focused on peer connection and self-management. Campers keep their copies, which extends the camp effect past the week — the main limitation of camp programming.
The teen advanced edition of the Psychological Effects of Music Family Resource Books suits teen council and youth leadership settings, where the value is a shared vocabulary for a group rather than individual workbook completion.
Yes. The Psychological Effects of Music interactive Training is available for youth symposia, family programs, and staff development.
Yes. A week-long camp is enough to take a recording project from start to finished piece, and campers leave with something they made together — which is what extends the camp effect past the week. For teen councils it works as team building: recording requires coordination, role assignment, and giving each other honest feedback.
Yes. The Psychological Effects of Music interactive Training works for youth symposia, teen council events, camp programming, and family gatherings.
SAM-registered, purchase card and purchase order accepted, quote with UEI and CAGE provided same day. Class-set orders of the Psychological Effects of Music Family Resource Books sit well below the $15,000 micro purchase threshold, so a cardholder can buy without competitive quotes when the price is reasonable and documented.

How this program runs

Same SIWM work. Built for National Guard.

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 SEL competencies; teamwork & resilience; National Core Arts (Music/Media Arts); public-speaking & communication skills.

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