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Thank you for visiting our website. Below we have listed just a few of the resources that we feel you may find particularly interesting. Feel free to browse all of the resources that we have found to be useful in the development of our programs by clicking here.

Juvenile Firesetting: A Community Guide to Prevention and Intervention Fireproof Children/ Prevention First shares more than 25 years of research and hands-on experience by fire investigators and child development experts. A practical book with effective educational interventions, tips on communication skills and step-by-step interviewing guide, chapters especially for mental health professionals, and nuts and bolts techniques for building community coalitions. Comes with CD version of entire book!  Bonus materials including sample classroom lesson plans. For fire service, teachers and daycare providers, social workers, mental health professionals, and everyone concerned with children and fire.

Spiral Bound 140 pages ISBN: 9780962607653 List Price: 79.95 OR Order Form

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Handbook on Firesetting in Children and Youth, David Kolko http://www.pitt.edu/~kolko/

This multidisciplinary handbook is a comprehensive source of information on all topics relating to children who set fires. For more information about David Kolko’s research and to order this book visit his website.

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.

SOS FIRES http://sosfires.com

SOS Fires’ Juvenile Firesetting Intervention Resource Site offers resources for parents and professionals of all disciplines including articles of interest to those working with juvenile firesetting behavior, a parent/teacher resources page, contact information for juvenile firesetting programs across the country and a resource exchange page allowing the reader to ask questions, share experiences and learn from others.