Jayne Selby-Longnecker, Founder, Ex. Dir. And CEO Of Benchmark Transitions in California explained To Lon Woodbury, host Of struggling teens On L.A. Talk Radio, about all the problems that arise when young adults still need to grow up.
About Jayne Selby-Longnecker and Benchmark Transitions
Jayne Selby-Longnecker holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Missouri, as well as a Masters of Arts in Education from the University of Colorado. She has considerable experience with public education and facilitating classrooms devoted to helping at-risk youngsters with emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties.
In 1993, she founded Benchmark Young Adult Institution, Inc. Her school began with one pupil, one employee and one bed. In 2008, Benchmark became Benchmark Transitions. Today the school has 30 full-time and part-time staff members and has a 20,000 square foot Life Skills Center. 20 apartments house the students and 45-50 register for the year.
Conflicting Notions When Young Adults Still Need To Grow Up
The interview started with a discussion about exactly how child-raising itself had changed over the generations. In many cases, culture itself has actually made it harder for young adults to adapt to the world.
For one thing, substance abuse affects a large proportion of young people, whereas in the past there were hardly any mood-altering recreational drugs. For another, there were less complex emotional issues to deal with in the past. While Jayne admitted the plethora of psychological issues may be due to the simple fact that diagnosis is far more sophisticated, her working experience also indicated that young adults were far less complex in previous generations. In earlier generations, too, there were fewer distractions from electronic devices. Additionally, it was possible to work with students longer because there were less unrealistic expectations to create quick results.
Another guest, Steven, a former student of Benchmark, was invited to discuss how the program had helped him after several other programs had failed to help him deal with the challenges of young adulthood. He attributed his success to the fact that the Benchmark program helped him to believe in himself, taught him discipline, and assisted him in establishing a work ethic and a productive routine.
Towards the second half of the talk show, Jayne discussed the various dysfunctional parenting models-- the authoritarian parent, the permissive parent, and the abusive parent. The authoritarian moms and dads do everything for the child without offering them any type of voice in the matter, making the kid feel helpless; the permissive moms and dads permit the kid to have everything that she or he requires, making the kid lack self-reliance; and the abusive moms and dads are an extreme example of an authoritarian parenting style that utilizes language and distancing to make the child feel uncomfortable and insecure.
The program wrapped up with a conversation about how moms and dads could assist their kids and when parents should take into consideration a program like Benchmark Transitions for young adults who still need to grow up.
About Jayne Selby-Longnecker and Benchmark Transitions
Jayne Selby-Longnecker holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Missouri, as well as a Masters of Arts in Education from the University of Colorado. She has considerable experience with public education and facilitating classrooms devoted to helping at-risk youngsters with emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties.
In 1993, she founded Benchmark Young Adult Institution, Inc. Her school began with one pupil, one employee and one bed. In 2008, Benchmark became Benchmark Transitions. Today the school has 30 full-time and part-time staff members and has a 20,000 square foot Life Skills Center. 20 apartments house the students and 45-50 register for the year.
Conflicting Notions When Young Adults Still Need To Grow Up
The interview started with a discussion about exactly how child-raising itself had changed over the generations. In many cases, culture itself has actually made it harder for young adults to adapt to the world.
For one thing, substance abuse affects a large proportion of young people, whereas in the past there were hardly any mood-altering recreational drugs. For another, there were less complex emotional issues to deal with in the past. While Jayne admitted the plethora of psychological issues may be due to the simple fact that diagnosis is far more sophisticated, her working experience also indicated that young adults were far less complex in previous generations. In earlier generations, too, there were fewer distractions from electronic devices. Additionally, it was possible to work with students longer because there were less unrealistic expectations to create quick results.
Another guest, Steven, a former student of Benchmark, was invited to discuss how the program had helped him after several other programs had failed to help him deal with the challenges of young adulthood. He attributed his success to the fact that the Benchmark program helped him to believe in himself, taught him discipline, and assisted him in establishing a work ethic and a productive routine.
Towards the second half of the talk show, Jayne discussed the various dysfunctional parenting models-- the authoritarian parent, the permissive parent, and the abusive parent. The authoritarian moms and dads do everything for the child without offering them any type of voice in the matter, making the kid feel helpless; the permissive moms and dads permit the kid to have everything that she or he requires, making the kid lack self-reliance; and the abusive moms and dads are an extreme example of an authoritarian parenting style that utilizes language and distancing to make the child feel uncomfortable and insecure.
The program wrapped up with a conversation about how moms and dads could assist their kids and when parents should take into consideration a program like Benchmark Transitions for young adults who still need to grow up.
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