The nurse is working with a group of chronically ill school-aged children and their caregivers. Which strategy would be most effective in helping the children reach their self-care treatment goals?

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.