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  • Letters From the Editor

    Welcome to the Second Printed Edition of MatchBook

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  • Collaboration Insider

    A Statewide Initiative for Youth Who Set Fires

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  • Fire Services

    Juvenile Justice: A Key Partner

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  • Mental Health

    Mental Health Hybrid System of Care in the Juvenile Justice System: Opportunities and Challenges

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  • Juvenile Justice

    Safety Net: A Comprehensive & Coordinated Effort to Support At-Risk Youth in the Cambridge Community

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  • Pediatric Burn Care

    Forensic Assessment and Clinical Intervention for Juvenile Fire Setters: The San Diego Model

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  • Schools

    An Assessment Opportunity in Juvenile Justice

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  • Caregivers

    The Impact of Environment on Firesetting: Guidance for Parents and Caregivers

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  • Adolescent “Crisis” Firesetting: Meet Jonathan

    By Michael L. Slavkin Ph.D. | Aug 10, 2009

    Jonathan enters my office, throwing himself into the chair across from mine, frustrated that he is late for his appointment. His actions and expressions make him look like a little kid, sulking after not getting his way…

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  • Bullying and Firesetting

    By Amy Sharp, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, and Janet Bober | Jan 4, 2011

    School Social Work Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2, pgs. 86-97 Posted on July 17, 2009 There has been a longstanding acceptance that many kids involved in firesetting experience significant social difficulties including isolation, rejection, a history of relationship conflicts and being bullied by their peers. Kids who are involved in firesetting may be either the [...]

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  • “Firesetters” and “Firestarters”: A Case Against Labeling?

    By Robert Stadolnik, Ed. D. | Aug 5, 2009

    For any number of years professionals in all disciplines who work with juvenile firesetting have expressed and demonstrated varying levels of comfort with the use of terms such as “firesetter” or “firestarter” to describe the kids they work with or as included within the names of their intervention programs…

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  • Facts
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    Under the false impression they can control the fires they set, children cause nearly 80,000 structure fires per year.

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