John Hunt, Executive Director and Founder of Jason William Hunt Foundation, and author of Walking with Jason answered questions on what the wilderness does best for at-risk children when interviewed by Lon Woodbury and Elizabeth McGhee on Parent Choices for Struggling Teens hosted on L.A. Talk Radio. He also talked about his memoir on his late son, Jason, who had learned how to be an effective Wilderness Guide to help at-risk children.
The show is hosted by Lon Woodbury, who is also the publisher of Woodbury Reports and the founder of Struggling Teens. He is an independent educational specialist and an author of various Kindle books on at-risk adolescents. He has assisted family members and adolescents going through challenging times since 1984. Elizabeth McGhee, the co-host of the radio show, is the Director of Admissions and Reference Relations at Sandhill Children's Advancement Center. She has acquired almost two decades worth of skills and experience in consulting, guiding and building referral relationships.
John Hunt's Profile
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.
The guest also talked about the formative forces and challenges Jason faced in becoming a very dedicated and skilled wilderness educator. He talked about the influence of Danielle, Jason's elder sister, a wilderness educator in helping Jason with finding a way to combine his love of the outdoors with making a living and about how Jason developed a passion for rock-climbing in his high school and college years. John also described the circumstances surrounding Jason's death during a climbing accident while on the last day of his rock-climbing vacation on October 13, 2001 in Squamish, British Columbia.
His late son, Jason, was an individual who had invested many of his days in all kinds of harsh weather helping young people discover and nurture their inner strengths and abilities. He gained mastery of a wide variety of climbing skills as well as learned how to talk to distressed teens about their problems. Today the foundation named after him sustains the Hero's Journey type of work that he began.
The show is hosted by Lon Woodbury, who is also the publisher of Woodbury Reports and the founder of Struggling Teens. He is an independent educational specialist and an author of various Kindle books on at-risk adolescents. He has assisted family members and adolescents going through challenging times since 1984. Elizabeth McGhee, the co-host of the radio show, is the Director of Admissions and Reference Relations at Sandhill Children's Advancement Center. She has acquired almost two decades worth of skills and experience in consulting, guiding and building referral relationships.
John Hunt's Profile
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.
The guest also talked about the formative forces and challenges Jason faced in becoming a very dedicated and skilled wilderness educator. He talked about the influence of Danielle, Jason's elder sister, a wilderness educator in helping Jason with finding a way to combine his love of the outdoors with making a living and about how Jason developed a passion for rock-climbing in his high school and college years. John also described the circumstances surrounding Jason's death during a climbing accident while on the last day of his rock-climbing vacation on October 13, 2001 in Squamish, British Columbia.
His late son, Jason, was an individual who had invested many of his days in all kinds of harsh weather helping young people discover and nurture their inner strengths and abilities. He gained mastery of a wide variety of climbing skills as well as learned how to talk to distressed teens about their problems. Today the foundation named after him sustains the Hero's Journey type of work that he began.
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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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