Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs

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The Higher Education Task Force utilize the Abraham Maslow (1943) Hierarchy of Needs model to understand the identified area of need for the Homeless and Foster Care Youth access to higher education need. Maslow theory focuses on human motivation and breaks it down into the five-level hierarchy that drives individuals. According to Maslow, a person's most fundamental needs are for air, food, clothing, and shelter; these are survival or physiologic needs. Unless these needs are met, the person cannot progress on the continuum to achieve higher levels of growth and development (Freitas, F. A., & Leonard, L. J., 201, p. 9). This help the task force understand the needs of the population based on the model and in order for the population to be