Community Programming:

Community Coalition Building, Juvenile Firesetting Intervention Programs

These workshops are designed to assist communities in establishing and strengthening intervention and prevention programs. The strategies provided are based on research conducted by Fireproof Children for the National Association of State Fire Marshals on the role of home factors and available social service resources in the juvenile firesetting problem.

The workshop is designed to bring together community disciplines critical to effective intervention:

• Fire investigation/ fire prevention
• Mental health
• Educators
• Social services

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Handbook of Prescriptive Treatment for Children and Adolescents, Ammerman, R., Hersen, M. and Last, C. (Eds.) - "Firesetting" chapter

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The "Firesetting" chapter by Cole, R. Grolnick, W. & Schwartzman, P., provides a description of the problem of childhood firesetting and presents an overview of assessment, diagnosis issues and strategies.

Child Development-Community Policing: Partnership in a Climate of Violence, Marans, S., Berkman, M. (1997). Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/164380.txt

Overviews of the Issue • Community Programming
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