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for treatment. Once assessed, a setter is referred to a treatment proâ€" according to one of the followâ€" categories: Definite/Extreme Risk â€" combiâ€" ion of unusually high interest in fire vnderlying behavioural problems. These categories of firesetting aviour can be viewed as a continuâ€" representing increasing levels of olvemnent with fire. According to Dr. Hanson â€" a chiatrist at the Clarke Institute of hiatry, Family Court Clinic â€" ividual personalities, social cirâ€" tances, and family environment all influence the development of fTAPPâ€"C is based on 4 steps: ntification, Assessment, Treatment, Monitoring. In most instances, the setter is identified by the fire partment and referred to the proâ€" J Little Risk â€" no unusual interest ire or underlying behavioural probâ€" 2 Ontario Association of ildren‘s Aid Societies; k2 Office of the Fire Marshal. _ Funding was provided by the Q â€" Ontario â€" Association â€" of ildren‘s Mental Health; ario Association of Fire Chiefs, the adian Association of Fire Chiefs, the Ministry of the Solicitor 0 Obligation * Burners ......... Propane Cyhnder t curbing adolescent firesetting Out â€" Stay Out The program is delivered by fireâ€" fighter facilitators and consists of four sessions. The first three sessions are held in the fire hall and the fourth (optional) takes place in the particiâ€" pant‘s home. Course content is modiâ€" fied to accommodate the general abiliâ€" ties and skill levels of each age group. TAPPâ€"C was designed to be delivâ€" ered as a comprehensive program for Q LEVEL 1 â€" for children aged 3â€" 5 (Preschoo!) buring the educational component of TAPPâ€"C, all firesetters, including those ‘identified as "definite/extreme" risk, follow a curriculum which uses a combination of videos, assignments, and tests. Participants are separated into three groups: Q LEVEL 3 â€" for children aged 11â€" 17 (Grades 6â€"12) Firesetters referred to TAPPâ€"C are placed in an educational program developed under the direction of the Toronto Fire Department‘s chief inforâ€" mation officer, Doug Trussler. This educational program is aimed at creatâ€" ing awareness of the dangers associatâ€" ed with firesetting and attempts to instill firesetters with a sense of responsibility for their actions. 10 (Grades 1â€"5) either fireâ€"safe behaviours or fireâ€"risk behaviours." Q LEVEL 2 â€" for children ased 6â€" Children assessed as "definite risk" or "extreme risk" will undergo treatâ€" ment that addresses underlying behavioural ‘disorders. Local Children‘s Mental Health Centres will conduct psychological assessments and treatments for high risk firesetters, based on a procedural mode] develâ€" oped by the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry‘s Family Court Clinic. The OMP will assume the responsibility of monitoring communityâ€"implemented programs with statistics provided by the local fire departments and local Children‘s Mental Health Centres. Accordingly, the OMF foresees that implementation at the community level will require the participation of the following local agencies: Q Fire Department Q Police Force (Youth Bureau) Q Children‘s Mental Health Centre Q Children‘s Aid Society Q Probation Office , Q Crown Attorney‘s Office These local agencies will coordiâ€" nate the program as a committee, while assuming responsibility for speâ€" cific program activifies. Local police, medical, educational, social, and other appropriate agencies will conduct proâ€" gram referrals. Fire departments will maintain records of program referrals and conduct educational training. communities throughout Ontario. Local agencies interested in TAPPâ€" C should contact Chief Fire Prevention Officer, John Peters, of the Oakville Fire Department, at (416) 338â€"4404. The pilot program (TAPâ€"C) was successfully completed in March of 1992. Since then, approximately 60 young firesetters have received treatâ€" ment. In the near future, TAPPâ€"C will be implemented in all Metro Toronto area fire departments. Given the recent data on the pilot project‘s sucâ€" cess, OFM TAPPâ€"C program coordiâ€" nator Bud Meers is optimistic about the program‘s longâ€"term effectiveness. Bud believes that with widespread implementation of TAPPâ€"C and conâ€" tinuing research and development, the program could have a significant impact on Ontario‘s youthful firesetâ€" ting problem. Firesetters charged under the Young Offenders Act can also be referred to TAPPâ€"C by justice offiâ€" cials, either as a provision of their proâ€" bation or as an alternative measures program. In these cases, Probation Services of the Ministry of Community and Social Services will conduct program referrals and mainâ€" tain records for firesetters aged 12â€"15. 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