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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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