To teach children that uncooperative behaviors have negative consequences, and to consider the logical nature of a sample list of consequences.

To identify the differences between kind and mean behaviors.

To increase knowledge about a technique in which the adult creates a story to share; the main character models the way the adult wants the child to think, feel, and behave.

To increase awareness about the value of concentrating on the good things in life as a way to develop a positive attitude.

To help one recognize the specific triggers of their PTSD, and their responses to those triggers.

To help children learn that managing conflict is most easily accomplished when analyzing the problem itself, or looking for something outside the children involved, instead of looking for blame.

To increase awareness about time-out as being a motivating, yet extreme form of ignoring, in which the non-compliant child is removed from all sources of positive reinforcement; preferred parenting approach to criticizing, hitting, yelling, or other extreme approaches.

To increase awareness about using a token economy as a method of positive reinforcement for encouraging appropriate behavior.

To increase knowledge about a technique which is a combination of both psychoanalytic and social learning concepts, encouraging children with dysfunctional behavior to pay attention to their inner voices as a way to gain a sense of self-control and assurance.