Dev Carey's guest appearances

Dev Carey

Off-Trail Learning

Gabe Cooper

Bryan Caplan

Gina Riley

Isaac Morehouse

Michelle Jones

William Deresiewicz

Peter Gray

Blake Boles

Debbie Reber

T.K. Coleman

Will Richardson

Carsie Blanton

Mikala Streeter

Ned Johnson

Anna Smith

OwlTail

Dev Carey is the founder and co-director of the High Desert Center in Paonia, Colorado (highdesertcenter.org), where he’s been offering an adventurous, affordable, and highly alternative gap year program for more than six years. We discuss his approach to working with 16- to 23-year-olds, the most common issues they face, and the lessons they learn through his 9-month program that combines communal living with high adventure. We conclude with the question of what parents can do to offer young adults a similar sense of adventure and connection in their lives at home.

Dev Carey is the founder and co-director of the High Desert Center in Paonia, Colorado (<a href="http://highdesertcenter.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">highdesertcenter.org</a>), where he’s been offering an adventurous, affordable, and highly alternative gap year program for more than six years. We discuss his approach to working with 16- to 23-year-olds, the most common issues they face, and the lessons they learn through his 9-month program that combines communal living with high adventure. We conclude with the question of what parents can do to offer young adults a similar sense of adventure and connection in their lives at home.

Dev Carey on Helping Young Adults Grow Up with a Gap Year