1. Basic Physical Needs:

Being born alive, and healthy, from a pregnancy which maximises maternal health; good infant nutrition; adequate warmth and shelter; close bond with a loving caretaker; toileting cared for; sound sleep.

2. Safety Needs

Security of body; safe schooling and employment, with stability & security, and adequate reward from work. Consistency of caregiving in family; developing freely chosen sexual intimacy & pregnancy; affordable, high quality health care; affordable & comfortable dwelling place.

3. Love and Belonging Needs

Love of partners in sexual fulfilment; good friendships and peer support; warm and fulfilling family life; engagement with supportive value and/or religious mentors and peers.

4. Educational and Leisure Needs

Affordable access to high quality basic and higher education; availability of aesthetic and leisure pursuits, in music, art and movement; access to sports as participant & spectator; access to horticulture and to the world of nature.

5. Esteem Needs

Good self-esteem from interaction with parents, & peers; self-concept supported by local culture and national values; achievement of confidence and respect in the wider, non-discriminating society; development of talents, fostered and esteemed by cultural values; being respected as a unique and free citizen.

6. Self-Actualization

Successful achievement of a life guided by chosen moral values; achieving creative excellence and spontaneity; acceptance of fulfilment of self-identity in social relationships; understanding of the meaning of ones personal life; pleasure in the achievements of family, children and others.

7. Self-Transcendence

Seeking to serve a cause beyond the self”, with an experience of communication beyond the boundaries of the self, through peak experiences

8. Collective-Transcendence

Self-transcendence takes place within a community of peers who share the same beliefs and goals, sometimes as part of a shared religious identity; or a shared value commitment to offer service, or achieve social change.