5 Basic needs

During the time spent in the Choices Activity Program,
your students have learned the following.:
1. All people have 5 basic needs of Survival, Fun, Power,
Freedom, and Love & Belonging. The needs have been
defined as follows.:
Survival—Those things, activities, states of being, &
persons needed to maintain life, i.e., food, water, clothing,
shelter, medical care, etc.
Fun—Things, activities, states of being, & persons that
allow laughter and enjoyment of life.
Power—Things, activities, states of being, & persons
affecting appearance, health, knowledge, learning, activities
done well, roles attained, and character development.
Freedom—Things, activities, states of being, & persons
allowing choices or the ability to make decisions.
Love & Belonging—Things, activities, states of being,
& persons allowing us to express care and concern for
others or to receive care and concern; belonging to
groups.

2. Our Quality Worlds are comprised of Things, Actions,
States of Being and People that meet our needs. (Have's,
Do's, and Be's developed by Barnes Boffey.)

3. Individuals choose their behaviors and resulting consequences
and, indirectly their resulting feelings.

4. All behaviors are chosen with the goal of meeting one or
more of our needs.

5. Behaviors which are effective meet one need very well
or meet more than one need.

6. Behaviors showing respect for the individual or self, others,
and property are considered appropriate.

1. Individuals tend to frustrate, i.e., sad, anger, disappoint,
etc. when their needs are not consistently well-met.

8. The individual can make any situation better by choosing
new appropriate and effective ways to have Fun,
Power, Freedom, and Love & Belonging.

9. Every activity we do involves our Total Behavior, which
is comprised of the four components of Acting/Doing,
Thinking, Feeling, and Physiology. It is possible to
adjust the quality of a Total Behavior component by consciously
adjusting the remaining behavior components.

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