firesetting TRAINING
Online and In-Person Training from a Leading Expert
For more than 25 years, Dr. Stadolnik has delivered engaging, skill-based, tailored trainings on youth and adult firesetting behavior to mental health professionals and organizations across the United States and internationally. In-person workshops are individually tailored to the needs of organizations serving this diverse population and address specific topics such as adolescent female firesetting, school fires, and ID/DD. That same practical and research-based expertise is now available in the first offering of FirePsych's new online library featuring an easily accessible, self-paced course on the use and application of the Firesetting Risk Assessment Tool for Youth (FRAT-Y) - the only third-generation structured professional judgment tool specific to youth firesetting. This online format will allow individual mental health professionals in youth- and adult-serving organizations increased access to state-of-the-art trainings to develop greater proficiency in the assessment and treatment of youth and adult firesetting.
firesetting TRAINING
Online FRAT-Y Training: Assess Youth Firesetting Risk with Confidence
For more than 25 years, Dr. Stadolnik has delivered engaging, skill-based, tailored trainings on youth and adult firesetting behavior to mental health professionals and organizations across the United States and internationally. In-person workshops are individually tailored to the needs of organizations serving this diverse population and address specific topics such as adolescent female firesetting, school fires, and ID/DD. That same practical and research-based expertise is now available in the first offering of FirePsych's new online library featuring an easily accessible, self-paced course on the use and application of the Firesetting Risk Assessment Tool for Youth (FRAT-Y) - the only third-generation structured professional judgment tool specific to youth firesetting. This online format will allow individual mental health professionals in youth- and adult-serving organizations increased access to state-of-the-art trainings to develop greater proficiency in the assessment and treatment of youth and adult firesetting.
the frat-y
Firesetting Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT-Y)
The Firesetting Risk Assessment Tool for Youth (FRAT-Y), developed by Dr. Robert Stadolnik, is the only structured decsion making (SDM) tool which provides best-practice guidelines for clinical risk assessment and is based on a “multiple methods, multiple measures, multiple domains” approach. Designed for children and adolescents ages 5–18, it provides trained mental health clinicians with a structured, evidence-informed framework for assessing firesetting risk across seventeen risk factors.
The FRAT-Y is described as a “third-generation” risk assessment tool, bridging the gap between actuarial risk prediction and unstructured clinical judgment. Individual factor ratings are used to determine overall risk, identify primary and secondary firesetting motivations, and guide appropriate individual, family, and community safety interventions.
"The FRAT-Y is, in our experience, the most comprehensive and practical firesetting risk assessment tool available for youth. It combines a thorough evaluation of risk and protective factors with an intuitive, user-friendly structure that supports sound clinical judgment and consistent decision-making. The tool helps clinicians organize complex information in a meaningful way, leading to accurate, reliable, and defensible recommendations."
~Karen Flannery, LICSW
Clinical Director, The Key Program, Inc.
