01:29:00
Patrick Barrasso, who founded Balance Continuum of Treatment in Arizona, together with Molly McGinn, an expert on learning and the founder of Bloomtree Learning Communities and Treehouse Learning Communities in Arizona discussed adolescent rites of passage with Lon Woodbury on L.A. Talk Radio. Lon Woodbury, the host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens, is the owner and founder of Woodbury Reports, Inc. He has actually consulted with family members and struggling teens since 1984.
Guest Background
Patrick Barrasso is the creator and Executive Director of In Harmony Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program. He is also the founder of the In Balance Ranch Academy. He is a therapist with over 25 years of adolescent counseling. He focuses on helping teens and young adults overcome drug abuse and regain psychological well-being. He has presented at the U.S. Journal Training National seminars. He has also presented at FACES--Family Addiction Conferences Educational Seminars on a range of teen treatment subjects. He has talked about the enormous obstacles of overcoming adolescent drug and alcohol abuse.
Dr. Molly McGinn is a learning specialist who has owned her own consultancy for 17 years. She designs and facilitates leadership and management skills training programs for global companies. Dr. McGinn holds a MA and Ph.D. from UCLA in Cultural Anthropology. She taught at the Academy of Science in Sichuan Province in China for two years as well as in Tibet after the Chinese takeover. She is fluent in Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish and English.
Adolescent Rites of Passage
The interview began with Patrick explaining teen initiation rites as something practiced by tribal societies. Ceremonies helped young people mark the difference between childhood years and adulthood. But more than just a ceremony, an initiation rite demarcates the shift from one state to another. Basically, it's symbolic of the death of childhood and the birth of adult years. Ceremonies of passages have to be unique and affirmative to leave familiar habits behind and learn brand-new habits.
Patrick pointed out that there were three stages. The first stage marked separation, a giving up the old lifestyle. The second stage marked crossing a threshold, a transition period of considerable confusion. Finally, the third stage marked incorporation, a time when the new maturation was being welcomed.
Molly described rites of passages from her point of view as an anthropologist. She emphasized the role of mentors to assist youth. Mentors guided the initiation rites. Considering the fact that modern-day society frequently lacked elders to help youths, young people tended to start their own rites of passages by seeking membership in street gangs.
The show ended with a common agreement that if formal adolescent rites of passages were introduced in our existing culture, it would make a massive change that would give young people a much greater understanding of their new adult roles and responsibilities.
Guest Background
Patrick Barrasso is the creator and Executive Director of In Harmony Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program. He is also the founder of the In Balance Ranch Academy. He is a therapist with over 25 years of adolescent counseling. He focuses on helping teens and young adults overcome drug abuse and regain psychological well-being. He has presented at the U.S. Journal Training National seminars. He has also presented at FACES--Family Addiction Conferences Educational Seminars on a range of teen treatment subjects. He has talked about the enormous obstacles of overcoming adolescent drug and alcohol abuse.
Dr. Molly McGinn is a learning specialist who has owned her own consultancy for 17 years. She designs and facilitates leadership and management skills training programs for global companies. Dr. McGinn holds a MA and Ph.D. from UCLA in Cultural Anthropology. She taught at the Academy of Science in Sichuan Province in China for two years as well as in Tibet after the Chinese takeover. She is fluent in Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish and English.
Adolescent Rites of Passage
The interview began with Patrick explaining teen initiation rites as something practiced by tribal societies. Ceremonies helped young people mark the difference between childhood years and adulthood. But more than just a ceremony, an initiation rite demarcates the shift from one state to another. Basically, it's symbolic of the death of childhood and the birth of adult years. Ceremonies of passages have to be unique and affirmative to leave familiar habits behind and learn brand-new habits.
Patrick pointed out that there were three stages. The first stage marked separation, a giving up the old lifestyle. The second stage marked crossing a threshold, a transition period of considerable confusion. Finally, the third stage marked incorporation, a time when the new maturation was being welcomed.
Molly described rites of passages from her point of view as an anthropologist. She emphasized the role of mentors to assist youth. Mentors guided the initiation rites. Considering the fact that modern-day society frequently lacked elders to help youths, young people tended to start their own rites of passages by seeking membership in street gangs.
The show ended with a common agreement that if formal adolescent rites of passages were introduced in our existing culture, it would make a massive change that would give young people a much greater understanding of their new adult roles and responsibilities.
0 comments:
Post a Comment