A Serious Problem
Helping a youth with fire setting behaviors challenges everyone involved: the youth, his family, and the community. Safety always looms as a paramount concern, and the long-term well-being of the client often seems just out of reach.
The Right Solution
Stevens Treatment Programs can help youth reach this seemingly unattainable goal with a state-of-the-art program designed to immediately contain the problem and put the youth on a recovery path tailored to his specific needs. Our innovative program presents the youth with a choice of proven outcomes, ensuring he emerges with a successful treatment experience.
How the Program Works
While every case is different, the following process outlines the major milestones of the recovery path:
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Comprehensive fire setter’s assessment, if one has not already been completed |
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Placement in a series of specialized Fire Safety Groups which meet specific needs |
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Fire setting and co-occurring issues are addressed in weekly individual therapy |
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Participation in skill-building groups: anger management, problem solving, communication, and social-skills development. |
Our milieu staff is trained to understand a variety of behavioral issues, including those related to fire setting behavior. The youth benefits from the most appropriate treatment, supervision and instruction.
Fire Safety Groups
Depending upon their assessment and case history, a youth’s recovery begins in one of the following groups: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced. Each group consists of 9-10 sessions, for a total of 28 sessions.
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The Advanced Group topics: |
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Fire Safety |
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Identification of Thinking Errors |
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Fire Science |
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Developing Prevention Plans |
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Learning Healthy Values |
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Learning Healthy Coping Skills |
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The Fire Service |
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Learning Decision-Making Skills |
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Personal Disclosures |
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Developing Restitution Projects |
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Understanding the Consequences of Fire |
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Advanced Work on Remorse and Empathy |
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Development of Remorse and Empathy |
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To advance from one group to the next, youth must successfully complete assignments and pass written exams for each group. Successful progression through the Fire Safety Groups reduces the youth’s risk for future fire setting behaviors.
Parent Education Workshop
To help support the youth’s success, we provide parents and guardians with information and tools to help them prepare for their child’s return to the community. The curriculum, developed by Stevens and provided in a workshop format, covers guardian-specific topics such as understanding why children act out with fire, proper supervision and fire safety. Parents complete this workshop prior to taking their child off campus.
Core Value: All children have the potential to become PRODUCTIVE citizens. |
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