To understand, accept and respect the fact that people have different preferences.

To learn about and practice positive self-talk as a way to keep yourself patient when waiting for something worthwhile or attempting something difficult.

To learn about and practice positive self-talk, and to praise oneself as a way to self-motivate for future efforts.

To learn about and practice positive self-talk when strategizing ways of expressing your feelings and thoughts creatively.

To help students understand the effects of name-calling and the reasons behind it.

To increase knowledge about a technique in which the child and other members of a therapeutic group each draw a squiggle on a paper before exchanging papers; the recipient(s) of the squiggle paper then completes the squiggle design; useful for resistant or shy children, as well as victims of child or sexual abuse; encourages bonding between clients and can also be used as a projective tool for the counselor.

To increase knowledge about a technique where the therapist meets on a regular basis with a child and simply asks the child to use drawing as a symbol to express feelings and problems.

To encourage children who have suffered trauma, prolonged illness, severe deprivation, or abuse to return to a form of play that is developmentally below his or her age level in order to recapture some of the experiences and deficits missed earlier in life.