Quiet on set… Rolling… And Action! The expressive arts don’t just end at painting and music, and here at Creative Drill Sergeants, we understand that
The veteran picked up his guitar from its stand, standing in a weighted cloud of silence; a silence that had been sitting heavily on his
You may not have known about this, but the Veterans Affairs (VA) offers home loan benefits to low income and disabled veterans in need of
In 2019 the VA released a report showing that at least 60,000 veterans died by suicide between 2008 and 2017. Passionate director Stjepan Alaupovic, Owner
We help prevent homelessness and suicides by providing our veterans camaraderie, mentorship, family healing and valuable expressive arts industry vocational skills for economic stability and successful reintegration into civilian life.
Creative Drill Sergeants: An Introduction
CDS’s vision is to use Expressive Arts to assist in the reintegration process of Veterans and their families. Our intent is to develop effective coping skills and process traumatic experiences in a safe supportive environment for our men and women Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and other mental and physical issues. The result for the veteran and their family is healing through post traumatic growth.
Our Expressive Arts Program is designed to assist veteran families suffering from trauma and reintegration issues to heal as a cohesive unit by removing barriers, such as perceived stigmas associated with mental health issues, and employ Expressive Arts coping skills like art, play, music, movement, enactment, or creative writing to strengthen their families, stimulate the senses, facilitate self-discovery, and increases self-confidence.
Trauma Informed Care Practices assist our staff and volunteers to encourage veteran families to use the Expressive Arts for emotional validation, enhancing imagination and creativity, as well as improving mind–body connections.
Learn how to do Visual Content Creation and Film with the guidance of our Headmaster who works with our students to develop and enhance their skills in the Digital Arts.
Our Vocational skills training offers workshops and collegiate level classes online free to Veterans, Military and their eligible family members.
A CDS Vocational Skills Training Program.
We provide reintegration assistance through education, vocational skills training, and internship/apprenticeships to assist Veterans with procuring enjoyable employment. We collaborate with mission complimentary organizations and businesses to assist with the transition into civilian life.
The Creative Drill Sergeants Vets Jam Band & Music Performance Program works to bring in veteran musicians to learn, for free, how to work together as a performance group and to provide an expressive outlet for songwriting development, comradery, musical skills improvement, and performance experience leading to public performance opportunities for veteran musicians.
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