Jayne Selby-Longnecker, creator, ex director and Chief Executive Officer of Benchmark Transitions in the Golden State of California talked to Lon Woodbury on L.A. Talk Radio regarding the many problems that arise when young adults still have to mature.
Background On 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.
Challenges That Arise When Young Adults Still Need to Grow Up
The interview began with a discussion about how raising children has changed over the generations. In many ways, society itself has made it more difficult for young adults to adapt to the world.
Substance abuse today affects a large percentage of our youth, whereas in the past there were hardly any mood-altering or recreational drugs. It also seems that there were much less complex emotional problems to cope with in the past. While Jayne admitted the variety of emotional problems might be due to the fact that diagnosis is much more sophisticated, her working experience also suggested that young adults were more well-balanced in previous generations. In earlier generations, too, there were less distractions from computers and cell phones. Additionally, it was possible to collaborate with others for longer periods since there were less unrealistic assumptions about achieving quick results.
An additional visitor, Steven, a former student of Benchmark, was invited to discuss exactly how the method had aided his personal growth after a number of other therapeutic programs had fallen short in teaching him how to handle the challenges of his early adult years. He connected his current success in life to the fact that the Benchmark program helped him to believe in himself; it taught him self-control, and it aided him in developing a solid work ethic and an efficient personal regimen.
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.
Background On 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.
Challenges That Arise When Young Adults Still Need to Grow Up
The interview began with a discussion about how raising children has changed over the generations. In many ways, society itself has made it more difficult for young adults to adapt to the world.
Substance abuse today affects a large percentage of our youth, whereas in the past there were hardly any mood-altering or recreational drugs. It also seems that there were much less complex emotional problems to cope with in the past. While Jayne admitted the variety of emotional problems might be due to the fact that diagnosis is much more sophisticated, her working experience also suggested that young adults were more well-balanced in previous generations. In earlier generations, too, there were less distractions from computers and cell phones. Additionally, it was possible to collaborate with others for longer periods since there were less unrealistic assumptions about achieving quick results.
An additional visitor, Steven, a former student of Benchmark, was invited to discuss exactly how the method had aided his personal growth after a number of other therapeutic programs had fallen short in teaching him how to handle the challenges of his early adult years. He connected his current success in life to the fact that the Benchmark program helped him to believe in himself; it taught him self-control, and it aided him in developing a solid work ethic and an efficient personal regimen.
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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