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Jill Seyfred - Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky

Renee Shaw talks with Jill Seyfred, executive director of Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, about how the organization strives to educate communities, families and children about abuse awareness and prevention.
Season 17 Episode 23 Length 27:17 Premiere: 04/18/22

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Renee Shaw is the Moderator and Director of Public Affairs for Kentucky Educational Television, currently serving as host of KET’s Kentucky Tonight, Connections, election coverage, Legislative Update and KET Forums.

Since joining KET in 1997, Shaw has produced numerous KET public affairs series and specials, including KET’s nationally recognized legislative coverage. Under her leadership, KET has expanded its portfolio of public affairs content to include Kentucky Supreme Court coverage, town hall-style forums, and multi-platform program initiatives around issues such as opioid addiction and youth mental health.  

As an award-winning journalist, Shaw has earned top awards from the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, earning two regional Emmy awards, and an award from the Kentucky Associated Press for political coverage of the state legislature. She was inducted into the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2017. She has been honored by the AKA Beta Gamma Omega Chapter with a Coretta Scott King Spirit of Ivy Award; earned the state media award from the Kentucky Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 2019; named a Charles W. Anderson Laureate by the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet in 2019 honoring her significant contributions in addressing socio-economic issues; earned the Anthony Lewis Media Award from the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy for her work on criminal justice reform in 2014; and, in 2015, received the Green Dot Award for her coverage of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.  

In 2018, KET earned a national media award from Mental Health America for its multi-dimensional content on the opioid epidemic shepherded by Shaw. That same year, she co-produced and moderated a six-part series on youth mental health that was awarded first place in educational content by NETA, the National Educational Telecommunications Association. In 2019, Shaw was recognized by The Kentucky Gazette as one of the 50 most notable women in Kentucky politics and government. In addition, Renee was awarded the Charles W. Anderson Laureate Award by the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet which recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions in addressing socio-economic issues.

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Executive Director of Nonprofit Discusses Steps to Prevent Child Abuse and Other Topics

Among the societal impacts of the COVID-19 that researchers will unravel is how the pandemic effected the lives of children and families. Child welfare advocate Jill Seyfred says school and work closures, social isolation, health concerns, and economic insecurity combined to create dangerous times for some families. She says mental health problems, substance abuse, and domestic violence all increased during the pandemic.

“People are cooped up at home and tempers flare, and there’s no role model at home for how to be a good parent,” says Seyfred. “You mix all that and it’s a very volatile situation.”

While this environment could easily have led to more incidents of child abuse and neglect in the commonwealth, state officials say the number of reports actually decreased during the pandemic. They caution that that doesn’t mean there were fewer incidents, though. In fact, the number of child fatalities and near fatalities from abuse as seen by health care workers jumped by 22 percent over the past two years. Seyfred, who is executive director of Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, says teen emergency room admissions for attempted suicides also increased significantly in the last year.

It’s more likely that reporting declined since children weren’t in school or out in places where people might have seen something in the child that that would have led to a report of suspected abuse. For example, Seyfred says teachers told of having students who failed to participate in virtual instruction because they didn’t want anyone to see what their home lives looked like.

Prevention Training Starts in Infancy

Educational programs for children about how to avoid potential abuse traditionally centered around “stranger danger” – that is, be on alert for the person you don’t know who could do you harm.

But the stereotype of a suspicious individual in a trench coat lurking in the shadows and waiting to nab a child off the street doesn’t match current realities, according to Seyfred. She says research indicates that abuse is much more likely to occur at the hands of someone the child and his or her family already knows.

“It’s the coach, it’s the next-door neighbor, it’s the person down the street, it’s, unfortunately, the person that you might worship with,” says Seyfred. “It’s people in your child’s life that have gained the trust of the child and the parent.”

Because the potential perpetrator is a familiar face, Seyfred says that can make it easier for them to do what’s called grooming. That’s the slow and subtle application of manipulative behaviors by an abuser to earn the victim’s trust and coerce the child into accepting the abuse and remaining quiet about it.

“It starts very innocently enough, but soon that perpetrator knows a lot about the child and the child’s family,” she says. “Often the perpetrator will say, ‘This is just our secret, your mom doesn’t need to know or your dad doesn’t need to know.’”

Since knowledge is critical to preventing abuse, Seyfred’s organization provides a range of training programs for parents, caregivers, and others. She says it’s never too early to talk to children about abuse prevention. For example, she recommends starting in infancy, by saying aloud the names of the body parts when diapering a child. She says the child will begin to learn the proper names for different parts of their bodies, and the caregiver will become more comfortable using those words.

As the child gets older, she encourages parents to not force their son or daughter to hug specific people like a relative or cherished family friend. Instead, parents should let the child decide who they feel comfortable hugging.

“The child has to be able to differentiate between who can I trust, who do I feel comfortable with, who gives me that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach,” says Seyfred. “We have to be able to trust the child to set those boundaries.”

Child Welfare Legislation Wins and Losses

Seyfred praises the 2022 General Assembly for enacting a range of child welfare measures contained in Senate Bill 8. She says she’s especially pleased that lawmakers clarified the definition of neglect to remove poverty, which she says will help avoid punishing low-income families.

“You can have (modest) financial resources and still be a really, really good parent,” Seyfred says.

SB 8 also broadens the definition of fictive kin to include a broader circle of close family friends who could step in to care for a child in need of out-of-home placement. Seyfred says the legislation also expands the types of prevention programs the state Attorney General’s Child Victims’ Trust Fund can support, and it improves reimbursements to child advocacy centers for medical examinations in abuse and neglect cases.

But Seyfred says lawmakers missed several crucial opportunities to address other child welfare issues. For example, she says the legislature has still declined to pass a statewide ban on paddling in schools. Out of the state’s 171 school districts, 19 systems still allow corporal punishment.

“We know that children of color and children who have learning challenges are paddled at school at a disproportionate level compared to other children,” says Seyfred. “If it’s happening in one school district, we know that it’s one too many and that there’s at least one child in that school district that’s being subjected to behavior that is not conducive to that child’s learning.”

She’s also disappointed legislators failed to appropriate funding for the Commonwealth Center for Fathers and Families, a statewide non-profit that works to strengthen the role of dads in their children’s lives.

“Statistics indicate when a father is engaged in the life of a child, regardless of whether the father is actually living in the home, the outcomes for that child increase dramatically,” Seyfred says.

For example, she says pregnancy rates and high school drop-out rates improve when a positive father figure is present in a child’s life. The health of the child is also often enhanced.

Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky requested funding for the Commonwealth Center, but lawmakers did not include that money in the state budget. Seyfred says funding for the organization runs out at the end of June.

By: John Gregory

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Connections - S16 E30

Premiered On: 08/08/2021

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Connections - S18 E35

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Kiley Lane Parker - S10 E29

Premiered On: 05/01/2015

Filmmaker Kiley Lane Parker discusses her film, "Raising Ms. President", about raising the next generation of female political leaders.

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Pellom McDaniels - S10 E30

Premiered On: 05/08/2015

Pellom McDaniels, faculty curator of African-American collections and assistant professor of African-American studies at Emory University in Atlanta, talks about his book, "The Prince of Jockeys: The Life of Isaac Burns Murphy".

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Wil James - S9 E40

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African Americans and Mental Health - S9 E39

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Charisse Gillett - Lexington Theological Seminary - S9 E38

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Dr. Timothy M. Houchin - S9 E37

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Scholar and Author Anastasia Curwood - S18 E23

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Mental Health Courts - S9 E36

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Rape Culture - S9 E35

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Colene Elridge - S9 E34

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Ted Strader - COPES - S9 E33

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Prison Reform In Kentucky - S9 E32

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Matt Jones - Kentucky Sports Radio - S18 E31

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Hasan Davis - S9 E31

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Djuan Trent - S9 E30

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Dr. Janet Taylor - S9 E29

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MaryLee Underwoood and Chastity Ross - CCDD - S9 E27

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Aaron Thompson - S9 E26

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KSU Interim President Ronald Johnson - S18 E30

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50th Anniversary of the March on Frankfort - S9 E22

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Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X Walker - S9 E21

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Vershawn A. Young - S9 E20

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Sabrina Butler and Kate Miller - S9 E19

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History Maker; Tuskegee Airmen History - S9 E14

  • Monday May 8, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
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Marcie Timmerman - Mental Health America of Kentucky - S18 E29

  • Sunday May 14, 2023 8:00 am ET on KETKY
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Middle Class Struggles and Poverty - S9 E13

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The Forgotten Minority - S9 E12

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Human Trafficking - S9 E11

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Leila Salisbury - The Kentucky Center for Grieving Children and Families - S18 E28

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Diabetes Prevention and Control - S9 E10

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Innocence Project - S9 E9

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