Encourage the child to socialize with healthy peers every day so that he or she is motivated to become as independent as those peers.

The caregiver and child co-write a contract that identifies what reward will be earned when certain self-care treatment goals are mastered.

Frequently reinforce for the child why self-care goals are so important to their overall health.

Make a chart of self-care goals the child should do successfully; add a sticker to the chart each time a goal is reached.