Bucket Drumming

The article "Hard-Wired for Groups: Students and Clients in the Classroom and Clinic," was really interesting and taught me several different things that I was unaware of beforehand, things that could definitely be implemented into our own group. The students worked with two groups: people from the homeless shelter who had Schizophrenia, and people with MS. The activity they chose was bucket drumming which, when I first read I was honestly super confused about. I did not understand at all how drumming on buckets could in any way be effective for these people and the group therapy. Throughout reading the article I found myself thinking "ohhhhhhh" so many times and it all really made sense. The aspects of the bucket drumming incorporated so many useful
What stuck out to me particularly was the concept of combining a therapeutic activity with a fun, pleasurable activity such as the drumming. It encouraged the participants to get involved and put in effort. It also mentions how playing the beat in unison with their fellow group members and sharing that rhythm brought about universality. It created an environment where they didn't feel so alone because they were playing and making music with others in their situation. The different aspects of the bucket drumming included memorizing individual parts, and learning to play your part while other people started to play theirs. This taught the members to ignore multi sensory distractions and filter out distracting stimuli, and emphasized focusing on your own task. These are extremely beneficial skills to gain, for anyone. I think our group would get a lot out of learning techniques to filter out outside stimuli when we are trying to concentrate on our own tasks and responsibilities because it is so easy to get distracted. This is the exact reason I rarely study in the library because there's usually a