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 in which parents initiate playing baby when the child is already behaving well so the need for acting out is short-circuited; to be used by parents with children who have difficult-to-acknowledge dependency needs.

To increase knowledge about using classroom circle time as a way to review classroom rules and consequences for breaking them; to document rules and consequences using a Rules and Consequences Chart.

To offer parents a tool to record all positive behaviors exhibited weekly by a child; a tool for therapists to reinforce positive behaviors between sessions through verbal praise or in-session rewards.

To think about and practice alternatives to physical expressions of anger.

To increase knowledge about several creative fixes children can try to use to work through their fears.

To role-play scenarios using puppets to practice initiating conversation.

To increase knowledge about a technique in which paradoxical intention is used as a way to give control back to the child to make positive behavioral changes.