Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NNFA-0215
Organization's ID:
R0629
Organization:
U.S. Fire Administration - National Fire Academy (NFA)
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
6 days (38 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Risk Management
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to identify children and adolescents involved in firesetting. The course addresses how to establish programs to meet the needs of these youths and their families.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Explain the relevance of an educational intervention in a youth firesetting program
  • Explain the range of factors that may contribute to youth firesetting behaviors
  • Recommend intervention options for youth firesetting behaviors
  • Construct an action plan for program development and/or enhancement
  • Explain why the prevention and intervention of youth firesetting demands an integrated, community-based approach
  • Summarize the ascension of firesetting typology and prevention and intervention strategies after interviewing a youth who has exhibited high-risk firesetting behaviors

General Topics:

  • A strategic approach to youth firesetting prevention and intervention
  • Who sets fires and why?
  • Components of the youth firesetting intervention process
  • Live interviews with firesetting youth at the abraxas youth center
  • Education as a prevention and intervention component
  • Program development and evaluation
  • Persuasive speech to a decision-maker
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Other
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations
  • Written Papers
  • live interviewing of firesetting youth; writing a narrative for inclusion in a case file

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials