Mojave Academy - Life Basics

The Life Basics Program

You know your child is good, yet he is having some trouble with exchange, 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.

“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 (such as "Exchange", "Initiative", "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 your child regains his ability to make the correct decisions in life, reestablishes his motivation and purpose in life, improves his exchange with the family as well as with groups, gets better at completing what they started, as well as many other points as needed. Life Basics also covers The Way to Happiness® precepts and communication drills. 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!

LIFE BASICS SUCCESS

"When I first came to Mojave Academy I saw the Life Basics checklist as just something I had to do to complete school. After I looked at the checklist and understood why you should have all the Life Basics points in, I saw that it would actually really help me with things in my life.

"For example, on the exchange point, if I totally had that in I wouldn't feel so bad when my parents did something nice for me.

"After I understood why it's good to have the Life Basics points in, I was thinking of how much better my life would be and how much better it would go, and that seems really great!"

- Trish, Age 17

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