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FEBRUARY 5-11, 2012 - BURN AWARENESS WEEK
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Date: February 28-29, 2012
Title: "23rd Annual Juvenile Firesetter Seminar"
Location: Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Cost: $145.00 (after February 15, $165.00)
Contact: Jim LaBuhn at 810-326-1477
Topics: National Trends on Youth Firesetting; Forensic Interviewing-Juveniles; Forensic IT & Juvenile Firesetting; Compex Cases in Youth Firesetting Strategies to Engage School and Community Mental Health Personnel; Strategies and Applicaitons Eliciting Accurate Disclosures From Juveniles; Arson and Laws Related to Juvenile Firesetting-Collaborating with the Prosecutor to Build a JFS Case; No Fear Zone-Role of Scare Tactics in Prevention Education
Presenters: James LaBuhn; Julie Welch; Jerry Derosia; Jereme Vandenheuel; Kyle Scherr; Jessica Cooper; Karla Klas
Additional Info: Room rates at the Comfort in are $73/night. Click HERE for registration form.
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Date: April 11, 2012
Title: "Central Ohio Juvenile Firesetter Conference"
Location: Hilliard, Ohio
Cost: $50.00
Contact: Register on-line at www.JacksonTwp.org/Fire
Topics: Education in Firesetting Intervention; Foundation Components of a Youth Firesetting Intervention Program
Presenters: Don Porth
Additional Info: Opportunity for 6 hours of Continuing Education Units (CEU) - Lunch not included.
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Date: April 18-20, 2012
Title: "18th Annual Fire & Life Safety Educators of the Rockies" Conference
Location: Estes Park, Colorado
Cost: $225.00
Contact: Einer Jensen - 720-989-2273
Topics: FireFactor-Teaching Teens About Juvenile Firesetting; Vulnerable Families and Juvenile Firesetting Behavior; Juvenile Firesetting and Media Consumption; and much more for the fire and life safety/injury prevention educator
Presenters: Brianna Goodwin; Brad Jackson; Diane Recihmuth; Lisa Billings; Stefanie Curry; Megan Kelly; and many others
Additional Info: The courses and instructors listed are those pertinent to youth firesetting topics. Much more is offered. For a full brochure with registration forms, click HERE.
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Date: May 3-4, 2012
Title: "Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth"
Location: Seattle, Washington
Cost: $169.00
Contact: Youth Change at 503-545-5736 or dwells@youthchg.com
Topics: This workshop will deliver 200 ready-to-use, powerful answers to turnaround problems like delinquency, violence, apathy, fire-setting, truancy, defiance, ADD, school failure, bad attitudes, poor motivation and more. A special focus will be on children with challenges and disabilities.
Presenters: Not Listed
Additional Info: Financial Aid is Offered, $50 college credit and free CEU's
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MAY 6-12, 2012 ~ ARSON AWARENESS WEEK
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Date: May 10-11, 2012
Title: "6th Annual Northeast Juvenile Firesetting Conference - Strengthening Our Homes - From Incident to Outcome"
Location: Natick, Massachusetts
Cost: Not Yet Listed
Contact: Liz Maestranzi at lmaestranzi@brandonschool.org
Topics: Not Yet Listed
Presenters: Not Yet Listed
Additional Info: Coming soon.
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Date: June 20-22, 2012
Title: "Texas Youth Fire Prevention and Intervention Conference"
Location: Austin, Texas
Cost: $225.00
Contact: Deborah Johnson at deborah.johnson@tdi.state.tx.us
Topics: Not Yet Listed
Presenters: Not Yet Listed
Additional Info: Coming Soon
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OCTOBER 7-13, 2011 ~ FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
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Date: October 11-12, 2012
Title: "Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth"
Location: Portland, Oregon
Cost: $169.00
Contact: Youth Change at 503-545-5736 or dwells@youthchg.com
Topics: This workshop will deliver 200 ready-to-use, powerful answers to turnaround problems like delinquency, violence, apathy, fire-setting, truancy, defiance, ADD, school failure, bad attitudes, poor motivation and more. A special focus will be on children with challenges and disabilities.
Presenters: Not Listed
Additional Info: Financial Aid is Offered, $50 college credit and free CEU's
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