Life Basics™ Program

You know your child is good, yet he is having some trouble with helping around the house, or is displaying lack of motivation or is lacking the ability to make the correct decisions in life. When you see these difficulties you are looking at signs of a possible situation that needs attention. What is underlying these signs needs to be addressed before your child flounders completely. In our Life Basics program, the underlying causes are isolated and addressed so that the above points are corrected effortlessly. Force does not work.

When the correct technology is applied, miracles occur. In our experience, finding the correct entrance point is vital to handling that child. Some parents tend to overshoot on their children and then resort to the use of force and threats (anger). This only worsens the situation. This is the last thing a child needs when he is in a condition of being overwhelmed by force and only drives him further down emotionally. Did the use of force by another ever help you?

In our program, the teachers use no force, thereby preserving the abilities and confidence of the child. At no point in the program is the child forced to do anything. Our students do their program because they have decided to, because our teachers are fun to work with and their peers are excited and winning themselves.

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Working as a team.

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Cleaning the dining room.

“The basic trouble with ALL past efforts at ‘psychotherapy’ and ‘religious uplift’ and ‘self betterment’ and healing was:

“The more desperate the situation, the more desperate was the remedy used.

“The right answer is:

“THE WORSE THE CONDITION, THE LIGHTER THE REMEDY REQUIRED.”

— L. Ron Hubbard, 13 June 1970.

The Life Basics program is based on the works of
L. Ron Hubbard and consists of a checklist of items that are essential to life (such as “Responsibility”, “Initiative”, “Good Judgment”, “Manners”, etc). For each checklist item, the student does demonstrations, drills and actual application until the student is succeeding better in life on that point.

However, each student is only required to do the points of the Life Basics program that need improvement. The exact steps to be done are determined in an interview with the student before he or she starts the program.

Through this program the student regains his ability to make the correct decisions in life, reestablishes his motivation and purpose in life, improves his willingness to help out with the family as well as his productivity in groups, gets better at completing what he starts, as well as many other points as needed. The Life Basics program also covers the precepts in THE WAY TO HAPPINESS® book as well as uses communication drills developed by L. Ron Hubbard. The Life Basics checklist is gone through item by item until both the teacher and the student can attest that each step is thoroughly handled and will stay that way!

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Gardening.

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Tidying school grounds.

Examples of this end product can be found in the following successes:

“I no longer have an urge to make fun of people or put anyone down. I feel like I could treat everyone well and have love for them. I’m not feeling confused with myself anymore. I’m feeling very concentrated and direct. I have matured a lot and I don’t feel like a little kid anymore.” – J.H. Age 16

“I’m glad to have gained so much from my experiences there and I feel much better about myself and what I am doing. Mojave is where I learned what it really meant to have a job and be responsible. Also I learned the true meaning of family and friends because at Mojave we were all family and we all pitch in and contribute to make our school a better place.” – D.H. Age 16

“Here at Mojave, I’ve become a very responsible person. Therefore I get more privileges than many other people my age. Sometimes I do something wrong but then I do these cool ethics conditions* and it makes me feel happier.” – G.B. Age 14

“Now that I have completed my Life Basics program I can actually stay in the classroom the whole time without wanting to leave. My manners have gotten a lot better with people and I don’t say bad things about people as much as I used to. I just do the drill on affinity, reality and communication** every time I am not doing well with people and it handles it. My mom and I get along great now.” – H.P. Age 10

* ethics conditions – these are drills that the student does with the Ethics Officer when handling a situation of bad judgment.
** drill on affinity, reality and communication – this is a drill in our Life Basics program that helps children get along better with their friends and adults.

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