By Rick Rogers – For the North County Times North County Times – The Californian | Posted: Friday, February 11, 2011 12:00 am
Call any IT person about a computer glitch and it’s likely you’ll be advised to reboot.
That same idea is behind an intriguing San Diego-based program that mentally recalibrates veterans.
“Just like young men and women are programmed in boot camp how to conform to military life, so they have to be reprogrammed, if you will, when they get out in order to succeed back in the civilian world,” said Maurice Wilson, a former Navy man and co-founder of the REBOOT Workshop, which “transitions America’s heroes,” according to its website.
“What we do is upgrade their mental software in an incredible, life-changing way,” said Wilson, a former San Diego Urban League employment director whose program is attracting plenty of attention on land —- and at sea.