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.
John Hunt's Profile
John Hunt is the Executive Director of the Jason William Hunt Organization. He has invested the last 10 years providing scholarships. His work has introduced new attitudes in children at-risk. The foundation introduces them to restorative wilderness developing programs. The foundation assists families and therapeutic boarding schools and wilderness programs across the nation. John and his family took over the job Jason did prior to his accidental death. He is a local of Connecticut, but now his family lives in south west Ohio.
"Walking with Jason" Reveals how Solitude in the Wilderness Helps Teens At-Risk
John explained how wilderness therapy works as well as it does because the wilderness is unknown to most kids, because Mother Nature is uncompromising, and because it gives them time to reflect on their lives. Hiking and camping in the wilderness also develops a team spirit to survive harsh environmental conditions. In the process, children who have been abandoned by parents or caregivers, scarred by abuse, treated with apathy, or struggled with addiction issues, either as witnesses or participants, learn to believe in them and form a vision of a life beyond their home environment.
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.
John Hunt's Profile
John Hunt is the Executive Director of the Jason William Hunt Organization. He has invested the last 10 years providing scholarships. His work has introduced new attitudes in children at-risk. The foundation introduces them to restorative wilderness developing programs. The foundation assists families and therapeutic boarding schools and wilderness programs across the nation. John and his family took over the job Jason did prior to his accidental death. He is a local of Connecticut, but now his family lives in south west Ohio.
"Walking with Jason" Reveals how Solitude in the Wilderness Helps Teens At-Risk
John explained how wilderness therapy works as well as it does because the wilderness is unknown to most kids, because Mother Nature is uncompromising, and because it gives them time to reflect on their lives. Hiking and camping in the wilderness also develops a team spirit to survive harsh environmental conditions. In the process, children who have been abandoned by parents or caregivers, scarred by abuse, treated with apathy, or struggled with addiction issues, either as witnesses or participants, learn to believe in them and form a vision of a life beyond their home environment.
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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