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Direct linkHouvouras, Andrew J., IV; Harvey, Mark T. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
The use of behavioral skills training (BST) to educate 3 adolescent boys on the risks of lighters and fire setting was evaluated using in situ assessment in a school setting. Two participants had a history of fire setting. After training, all participants adhered to established rules: (a) avoid a deactivated lighter, (b) leave the training area,…
Descriptors: Safety Education, Fire Protection, Behavior Modification, Adolescents
McCarty, Carolyn A.; McMahon, Robert J. – Behavior Therapy, 2005
Juvenile fire setting is a serious, dangerous, and costly behavior. The majority of research examining youth fire setting has been cross-sectional. We sought to examine early risk attributes that could differentiate fire setters from non-fire setters, in addition to examining their association with the developmental continuity of fire-setting…
Descriptors: Developmental Continuity, Depression (Psychology), Predictor Variables, Risk
