The Matrix of Needs™


Photo by Ev on Unsplash On January 15 of 2023 I wrote a blog about a homeless man whom we gave some food.  He shared part of his food...

My wife, son and I were driving around town a few days ago, and saw someone standing on the corner with a sign saying he was homeless and...

The extermination of millions of people in the concentration camps operated by the Nazi regime before and during World War II is known as...

Answering the question “what do people need?” has been central to my work for many years. It was the question that resulted in a...

Most people today have no idea who Marshall McLuhan was, except for those working in media related jobs. McLuhan was an English...

I presented a symposium on the Ethics of Behavior Support vs. Behavior Management at Malone University last week. It was well received,...

In a 2021 LinkedIn blog post, Samantha Stern suggested adding “Flock” to the list of stress responses, which are typically thought of as...

In 2009, the Hon. Bill Shorten, now the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia, gave a speech to the...

Gabor Maté is a physician in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he serves people with addictions and mental health concerns. His book,...

I recently returned from my first overseas flight in 2 years, and while I enjoyed meeting old friends and colleagues, 2 years without...

I was talking with my brother-in-law recently, who is a psychologist, and he was sharing his perception that in our world we have taken...

Nancy Ward is a woman who lives in the United States and describes herself as having an intellectual disability. She is also very clear...

When I was doing my undergraduate work at the University of Northern Iowa, getting my BA in social work, I came across a book that I...

Robert Murphy was an anthropology professor at Columbia University for over 30 years, wrote about the effects of his physical disability...

As a behavioral consultant, one of the most common reasons for receiving a referral is that the behaviors which are causing concern are...

In 1993, Murray Sidman wrote what I believe is one of the most important articles in the field of positive behaviour support. Entitled...

Viktor Frankl was born in Austria in 1905 and went on to become one of the world’s leading philosophers. He was also a psychiatrist and...

In my work as a behavioural consultant, I have encountered many different terms over the years. The current term “challenging behavior”...

The Matrix of Needs is a model which was developed to reframe human needs, building on the work of Abraham Maslow and others. The model...

The word “organisation” is used in so many ways that most people use the word in similar ways. According to the website...