Lon Woodury and Elizabeth McGhee spoke to John Hunt. He heads the Jason William Hunt Foundation and has authored the book, "Walking with Jason." The book discusses how the wilderness does at-risk children a world of good. Lon Woodbury and Elizabeth McGhee are the radio show hosts on Parent Choices for Struggling Teenagers. This show is hosted on L.A. Talk Radio. He also talked about his memoir on his late son. Jason had dedicated his adult life to learning how to become a reliable Wilderness Educator. He sought to help at-risk children.
Lon Woodbury, the host of the show is the publisher of Woodbury Reports and founder of Struggling Teens. He is an independent educational consultant and an author of numerous Kindle books on at-risk teens. He has worked with families and struggling adolescents since 1984. Elizabeth McGhee, the co-host of the radio show, is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center. She has almost two decades of clinical, consulting, and referral relations experience.
About John Hunt
As the Executive Director of the Jason William Hunt Foundation, John Hunt has spent the last ten years providing scholarships and opportunities for kids at-risk to attend. therapeutic wilderness developmental programs. Working with families and outdoor experiential programs across the country, John and his family continue the work Jason did before his untimely and sudden death. A native of Connecticut, John and his family now resides in southwest Ohio.
"Walking with Jason" Reveals how Solitude in the Wilderness Helps Teens At-Risk
Wilderness therapy works as well as it does, explained John Hunt, due to the fact that the wilderness is unfamiliar to most children. He explained that Mother Nature is demanding and preparations have to be made to survive. What's more, the wilderness offers the children time to reflect on their lives. Additionally, trekking and camping in the wild creates the willpower to endure severe weather and unusual hardships. Wilderness therapy helps children that may have been abandoned by parents or caretakers. It helps those that may have been stigmatized by trauma. It helps those that may have dealt with life in a passive way. And it helps those that may have a form of addiction, either as witnesses or actual participants. Wilderness therapy helps teens become self-reliant and form a vision of a life outside their familiar surroundings.
John also discussed the formative pressures and challenges Jason faced. It took much maturity to become a highly specialized and competent wilderness teacher. He talked about the influence of Danielle, Jason's older sibling, a wilderness educator. She was instrumental in assisting Jason with finding a means to incorporate his passion for being outdoors with making a living. He also revealed the story about how Jason formed an interest in rock-climbing. This occured in his secondary school and college years. Additionally, John explained the bizarre climbing accident surrounding Jason's sudden death. This happened on the last day of his rock-climbing holiday on October 13, 2001 in Squamish, British Columbia.
Jason was someone who spent long days in mud, rain, cold, heat, and high humidity guiding young people to find and develop their inner strengths and skills. He mastered the hard skills of rock climbing with the soft skills of relating to troubled adolescents. Today the foundation named after him continues the work that he began because what the wilderness does best is take people on an archetypal hero's journey.
Lon Woodbury, the host of the show is the publisher of Woodbury Reports and founder of Struggling Teens. He is an independent educational consultant and an author of numerous Kindle books on at-risk teens. He has worked with families and struggling adolescents since 1984. Elizabeth McGhee, the co-host of the radio show, is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center. She has almost two decades of clinical, consulting, and referral relations experience.
About John Hunt
As the Executive Director of the Jason William Hunt Foundation, John Hunt has spent the last ten years providing scholarships and opportunities for kids at-risk to attend. therapeutic wilderness developmental programs. Working with families and outdoor experiential programs across the country, John and his family continue the work Jason did before his untimely and sudden death. A native of Connecticut, John and his family now resides in southwest Ohio.
"Walking with Jason" Reveals how Solitude in the Wilderness Helps Teens At-Risk
Wilderness therapy works as well as it does, explained John Hunt, due to the fact that the wilderness is unfamiliar to most children. He explained that Mother Nature is demanding and preparations have to be made to survive. What's more, the wilderness offers the children time to reflect on their lives. Additionally, trekking and camping in the wild creates the willpower to endure severe weather and unusual hardships. Wilderness therapy helps children that may have been abandoned by parents or caretakers. It helps those that may have been stigmatized by trauma. It helps those that may have dealt with life in a passive way. And it helps those that may have a form of addiction, either as witnesses or actual participants. Wilderness therapy helps teens become self-reliant and form a vision of a life outside their familiar surroundings.
John also discussed the formative pressures and challenges Jason faced. It took much maturity to become a highly specialized and competent wilderness teacher. He talked about the influence of Danielle, Jason's older sibling, a wilderness educator. She was instrumental in assisting Jason with finding a means to incorporate his passion for being outdoors with making a living. He also revealed the story about how Jason formed an interest in rock-climbing. This occured in his secondary school and college years. Additionally, John explained the bizarre climbing accident surrounding Jason's sudden death. This happened on the last day of his rock-climbing holiday on October 13, 2001 in Squamish, British Columbia.
Jason was someone who spent long days in mud, rain, cold, heat, and high humidity guiding young people to find and develop their inner strengths and skills. He mastered the hard skills of rock climbing with the soft skills of relating to troubled adolescents. Today the foundation named after him continues the work that he began because what the wilderness does best is take people on an archetypal hero's journey.
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Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to at their convenience.
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