Northeast Juvenile Firesetting Conference: Building Pathways for Successful Interventions
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FRIDAY MAY 9, 2008
7:30am - 8:30am
Registration & Exhibitors
8:30am - 8:45am
Opening & General Remarks
Joseph B. Tondorf M.S., M.Ed. - Brandon Chief Operations Officer
Jennifer Mieth - Public Education Manager Department of Fire Services
8:45am - 9:15am
General Session
"Pyromania: A Hot Diagnosis Looking for its Fire"
Jeffrey Geller, M.D., D.P.H. - Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School
9:30am - 11:30am
Morning Breakout Sessions - Click on a Session or Speaker for More Info
Session 1 "Is She Cinderella or Medusa? Adolescent Female Firesetting"
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Marion Doctor, LCSW
The Children's Hospital JFS Assessment & Treatment Program
Denver, CO
Teresa Manela, LICSW
Firesetting Behavior Diagnostician
Firepsych, Inc
Session 2 * "Taking a Firesetting History from a Clinical Perspective"
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David Wilcox, Ed.D.
Clinical Director
Middlesex County, MA Juvenile Court Clinics
Session 3 "Puppets, Tools & Toys: Fire Education for Latency Youth"
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Victor Zamaloff, CFI, JFSIS
Operation K.I.D.S.
Poughkeepsie, NY
Session 4 "Identifying, Examining and Responding to Juvenile Bomb-makers"
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Jessica Gotthold
Senior Special Agent, CFI, CES
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
United States Department of Justice
11:45am - 12:45pm
Lunch  remarks from
Timothy M. Callahan, Ed.D - Executive Director, Brandon
Stephen Coan - Massachusetts State Fire Marshal
12:45pm - 1:45pm
General Session
Experts Panel: Building Community-Based Intervention Networks
Moderator: Daniel Feeney
Dir. Juvenile Programs, Norfolk, MA District Attorney's Office
Paul Schwartzman
Fairport Counseling
Fairport, NY
Don Porth
SOS Fires Intervention Programs
Damascus, OR
Marion Doctor
The Children's Hospital JFS Assessment & Treatment Program
Denver, CO
Sgt. Paul Zipper
MA State Police Fire & Explosion Investigation Unit
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Afternoon Breakout Sessions - Click on a Session or Speaker to Learn More
Session 1 "Bullies, Victims, Firesetting and JFSI Programs as Community Activist"
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Paul Schwartzman, MS, LMHC, DAPA
Fairport Counseling
Fairport, New York
Session 2 * "Pulling Rabbits Out of Hats: Complex Cases and Creative Interventions"
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Robert Stadolnik, Ed.D
President, Firepsych, Inc
Brandon Consulting Psychologist
Liz Maestranzi, LICSW
Assistant Coordinator of Case Management
Brandon School & Residential Treatment Center, Inc.
Session 3 * "The Firesetting Intervention Triangle"
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Don Porth
SOS Fires Intervention Programs
Damascus, OR
Session 4 "How the Courts Can Help"
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Held at off-site Courthouse (transportation provided)
M. Julie Lesure, J.D.
Worcester D.A.'s Office
Erin B. McIntyre, J.D.
Norfolk D.A.'s Office
Teresa M. Plante, M.S.
Probation Officer, Norfolk Juv. Probation Dept
Daniel Feeney, M.A.
Dir. of Juv. Programs, Norfolk D.A.'s Office
4:00 PM
Adjourn / Networking


* Denotes Advanced Skills Workshop