To gain an understanding regarding the importance of short-term goals in meeting long-term goals.

To teach children how to set realistic goals through cognitive restructuring, and to recognize how to rewrite unattainable goals so that they are more realistic and attainable.

To teach children how to adjust their efforts and actions to a slower time requirement and to practice patience in task completion.

To improve recall by using the mnemonic device of visualizing or drawing nonsensical pictures.

To increase knowledge about a technique in which a child is asked to exchange places with another person with whom they may be in conflict as a way to assess the situation through the eyes of the other.

To help children identify people who can be role models for working toward peaceful conflict resolution.

To increase knowledge about using the rhythms of rock music to help hyperactive children focus and concentrate better on tasks when used as an adjunct approach.

To increase knowledge about a technique in which forms of ritual therapy, such as imitation, transference, and symmetry or polarity, are used to promote healing when a child believes that particular rituals, sequences, or acts produce particular effects.

To understand the value of respecting public and private property, saving energy, and cleaning up community graffiti.