Adverse Childhood Experiences
Digital Extras 1:Adverse Childhood Experiences
ncIMPACT hosts a panel on adverse childhood experiences. Panelists include Sharon Hirsch, Betsey Tilson, and Elizabeth DeKonty. Anita Brown-Graham hosts.
Digital Extras 2:Educating Parents
One of the keys to preventing adverse childhood experiences is educating parents. We look at the impact of a parenting program in Cumberland County that helps parents learn effective ways to manage their children’s behavior.
Digital Extras 3:Prevention Plans
ncIMPACT hosts a panel on plans to prevent adverse childhood experiences. Panelists include Sharon Hirsch, Betsey Tilson, and Elizabeth DeKonty. Anita Brown-Graham hosts.
Digital Extras 4:Remembering Shaniya Davis in Cumberland County
In 2009, the death of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis gripped the entire Cumberland County community. The case helped shine a light on the issue of child abuse and neglect. Now, Cumberland County is the first county in North Carolina to develop a Community Child Abuse Prevention Plan. Generous support for this series is provided by UNC-School of Government and Civic Federal Credit Union.
Additional Resources
The eighth episode of our new series on UNC-TV highlights programs designed to counter and prevent “adverse childhood experiences” – harm to children that results from neglect or abuse. See below for additional resources on this topic.
- “ACE Study.” Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina. 2016. https://www.preventchildabusenc.org/about-child-abuse/ace-study
- “Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Questionnaire: Finding Your ACE Score.” https://www.ncjfcj.org/sites/default/files/Finding%20Your%20ACE%20Score.pdf
- “Adverse Childhood Experiences in North Carolina in 2018.” America’s Health Rankings United Health Foundation. https://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/health-of-women-and-children/measure/ACEs/state/NC
- Barnes, Greg. “Fatal Flaws: About This Series.” The Fayetteville Observer. September 2017. https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20170923/fatal-flaws-about-this-series
- Barnes, Greg. “Is North Carolina Doing Enough to Prevent Child Deaths?” The Fayetteville Observer. September 2017. https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20170927/is-north-carolina-doing-enough-to-prevent-child-deaths
- Barnes, Greg. “Observer Investigation: Deaths Point to Crisis in NC’s Child Welfare System.” The Fayetteville Observer. September 2017. https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20170923/observer-investigation-deaths-point-to-crisis-in-ncs-child-welfare-system
- “Community Child Abuse Prevention Plan.” Partnership for Children of Cumberland County. https://ccpfc.org/partners/community-child-abuse-prevention-plan/
- “Cumberland County Tackles Child Abuse with Innovative Prevention Plan.” North Carolina Medical Journal. April 2018. http://nciom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Hirsch_Spotlight_final.pdf
- Demers, Kristie. “How One NC Police Captain Changed the Lives of Two Young Men by Changing the Questions He Asked.” Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina. https://www.preventchildabusenc.org/how-one-nc-police-captain-changed-the-lives-of-two-young-men-by-changing-the-questions-he-asked/
- “Emotional Child Abuse – Fact Sheet.” Prevent Child Abuse America. https://preventchildabuse.org/resource/emotional-child-abuse/
- “The Estimated Annual Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect.” Prevent Child Abuse America. https://preventchildabuse.org/resource/the-estimated-annual-cost-of-child-abuse-and-neglect/
- Goldsmith, Thomas. “Countering the Effects of Childhood Trauma.” North Carolina Health News. March 2018. https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2018/03/19/countering-the-effects-aces-childhood-trauma/
- Hatcher, Kella and Dr. Elaine Cabinum-Foeller. “North Carolina’s Child Fatality Prevention System.” Child Fatality Task Force. https://www.ncacc.org/DocumentCenter/View/3566/CFP-System-DSS-Attys-July-2017
- Herman-Giddens, Marcia. “Child Abuse Homicides: A Special Problem within North Carolina’s Military Families.” North Carolina Medical Journal. September 2005. https://bit.ly/2CQQSb4
- “Injury Prevention & Control: Division of Violence Prevention.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/connecting-the-dots/node/16https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/connecting-the-dots/node/16
- Kimple, Kelly and Susan Kansagra. “Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences: It Takes Village.” North Carolina Medical Journal. March 2018. https://www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com/I-HOPE/portal/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-NCMJ-ACES-Kimple-and-Kansagra.pdf
- “NC Child Fatality Prevention Team.” North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. July 2018. https://www.ocme.dhhs.nc.gov/nccfpp/index.shtml
- “North Carolina Resident Child Death Rates (Ages 0-17 Years).” North Carolina General Assembly. https://www.ncleg.gov/DocumentSites/Committees/NCCFTF/Homepage/index.html
- “North Carolina Resilience and Learning Project.” Public School Forum. https://www.ncforum.org/north-carolina-resilience-and-learning-project/
- “Prevent Child Abuse.” https://preventchildabuse.org/
- “Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: A Technical Package for Policy, Norm, and Programmatic Activities.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/CAN-Prevention-Technical-Package.pdf
- “Violence Prevention: Child Abuse & Neglect.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/.html
- “Who Must Report Suspected Abuse?” Child Advocacy Center. http://www.childadvocacycenter.com/reporting-resources/
- Woolverton, Paul. “Forum: No Single Solution to Reduce Child Abuse.” Fayetteville Observer. September 2017. https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20170928/forum-no-single-solution-to-reduce-child-abuse
