Juvenile Firestoppers Program | Akron Children'S Hospital
One Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44308
Barrier Free Restrooms|Designated Parking|Elevators|Full Wheelchair Access|Indoor Wheelchair Access|Inside Ramps|Outside Ramps|Wheelchair Accessible Building (ramps & main entrance doors).
Voice - voice | Children At Risk Evaluation - CARE Center
Voice - voice | Parent Mentor Program Coordinator
Voice - voice | Akron Children's Burn Educators
Voice - voice | Operator and General Information
Voice - voice | Emergency Room
Voice - voice | Parent Mentor Program Coordinator
Voice - voice | Human Resources Department
Voice - voice | Adolescent Medicine
Voice - voice | Community Action Akron Summit-Pathways HUB
Voice - voice | Nurturing Families Program
Voice - voice | Family Resource Center
Voice - voice | Addiction Services
Voice - voice | External Affairs Department
Utilizes language interpretation services.
Children may be enrolled by their parents or through police or court referrals. Akron Children’s staff conducts an initial screening interview with each child and parent(s). This interview provides a brief psychological, social, and emotional evaluation of the child and family, as well as a history of the child’s fire-setting behaviors.
No fee.
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Description
Provides education through a series of videos, games, lectures, discussions, and other activities to children who engage in some form of firesetting activity along with their families. Conveys the three (3) P’s of fire safety: Prevention, Protection, and Persuasion.
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What's Here
Providing organization
Akron Children'S Hospital
Operates a pediatric hospital as well as a regional burn center, a pediatric trauma center, regional neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, and other clinical specialties. Also offers additional primary care and pediatric specialty locations throughout the area. Provides many advocacy, education, outreach, and research programs for children and their families.