Safety Education Programs Two important components of preventing youth fire misuse are educating children on safe behaviors and critical thinking skills. Children must develop thinking skills on how to anticipate the consequences of their/others' actions, assess their surrounding environment for potential dangers, implement appropriate hazard-avoidance strategies, and initiate an emergency response when necessary [Klas et al, 2015]. Click here to see a list of free educational programs can assist professionals to teach children essential safe behaviors and thinking skills. Professional Publications on Youth Firesetting
- Lambie I, Randell I. Creating a firestorm: a review of children who deliberately light fires. Clin Psychol Rev 2011;31(3):307-27.
- MacKay S, Paglia-Boak A, Henderson J, Marton P, Adlaf E.
Epidemiology of firesetting in adolescents: mental health and substance use correlates. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2009;50(10):1282-90.
- Match Book: A Journal on the Prevention & Treatment of Youth Firesetting: http://www.matchbookjournal.org/journal-issues/current-issue/
- National Association of State Fire Marshals. Juvenile firesetter intervention research project: final report. March 2001.
- Putnam CT, Kirkpatrick JT. Juvenile firesetting: a research
overview. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, May
2005.
- Root C, Mackay S, Henderson J, Del Bove G, Warling D. The link between maltreatment and juvenile firesetting: correlates and underlying mechanisms. Child Abuse Negl 2008;32(2):161-76.
- Sharp FL, Blaakman SW, Cole EC, Cole RE. Evidence-based
multidisciplinary strategies for working with children who set fires. J
Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 2006;11(6):329-337.
- Slavkin ML. What every clinician needs to know about juvenile firesetters. Psychiatr Serv 2002;53(10):1237-8.
- Stadolnik RF. Drawn to the flame: assessment and treatment of
juvenile firesetting behavior. Professional Resource Press, Sarasota,
FL, 2000.
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