To identify resources available to help in the recovery process.

To understand the value of developing professional and personal support systems. To identify specific individuals who could be part of an effective support system.

To recognize and identify early symptoms as a way to prevent an illness from escalating. To recall past experiences where similar symptoms were experienced.

To provide information about alternative approaches to conventional mental health care. To provide information about alternative venues of mental health care which may be more comfortable to some.

To increase anger management skills by observing, recording, and evaluating key events surrounding anger situations.

To use a systematic tool for recording and assessing antecedents leading up to problem behavior, the problem behavior, and then the consequences. To analyze upward and downward patterns of problem behavior. To use assessment tool as a jumping off point for discussions with client.

To foster understanding about when art activities for bereaved children are beneficial as a vehicle for self-expression and how the technique works.

Self-assessment checklist to identify thoughts and feelings which may be barriers to accessing help when having suicidal thoughts. To offer rationale and motivation for accessing help.

To graphically represent how a child spends a 24-hour day by completing a Balance Graph. To assess amount of time spent in leisure, individual care, free/unscheduled time, and efforts in school/work activities.