A comprehensive treatment program for a fire setting child

Patrick McGrath; Peter G. Marshall; Katherine Prior

doi:10.1016/0005-7916(79)90041-7

A comprehensive treatment program for a fire setting child

Patrick McGrath, Peter G. Marshall, Katherine Prior

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Abstract

A treatment program was designed for an 11-yr-old child who had repeatedly set fires. The last fire gutted the group home where he had been placed by the court for firesetting. Treatment was designed to suppress fire setting, to teach appropriate, alternative behaviors and to make him aware of the consequences of firesetting. Data on collateral behavior was used in clinical decision making and to evaluate the impact of the treatment. Follow up indicates that treatment was successful in altering both the target behavior and several important collateral behaviors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69-72
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7916(79)90041-7
Publication status	Published - Mar 1979
Externally published	Yes

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After interviews with Tony, the group home staff and the referring psychiatrist and after making an assessment of Tony’s file at the group home, four hypotheses were generated regarding his fire setting. From these hypotheses Requests for reprints should be addressed to P. McGrath, Counselling Centre, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4S OA2. The authors wish to acknowledge the assistance of Jan Trites, Barb Wilson, Heino Lilles, Chris Cooper, George Thompson, D. Shorney, J. Cowdy and John Lavarette. Patrick McGrath is now located at the Counselling Centre, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan. Peter G. Marshall is now located at Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario. Reprints may be requested from either author. Portions of this paper were presented at the Tenth Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, December 3-5, 1976, New York City. This investigation was completed during the second author’s Research Studentship from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation. Copies of the treatment instructions are available from P. G. Marshall.

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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