Sandra Alexander, MEd

 

Child Maltreatment Consultant

Centers for Disease Control & Violence Prevention

 


D3 CDC’S INITIATIVES TO PREVENT SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

F3 PREVENTING FUTURE CHILD DEATHS THROUGH EFFECTIVE AND ACTIONABLE CHILD DEATH REVIEW TEAM PREVENTION RECOMMENDATIONS

G3 BUILDING PREVENTION SYSTEMS: A PROMISING ALTERNATIVE TO “PROGRAMMING” OUR WAY TO PREVENTION

H3 THE INTERFACE OF SCIENCE AND ACTION (PART 1): EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE (EBP) DEFINITIONAL ISSUES AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT EBP

 

Sandra has over 37 years experience in child abuse prevention including hands on CPS casework and supervision, prevention programming and advocacy and 18 years non profit management in child abuse prevention organizations. Currently, she is an Expert Consultant in Child Maltreatment in the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

 

Sandra is the former Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse Georgia and was a founding board member and Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse South Carolina. She has also been a consultant for the College of Health and Human Sciences, National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren at Georgia State University.  She is a past board president and former board member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and former chair and current prevention advocate for the Fulton County (Atlanta) Child Fatality Review Committee.  She has developed numerous prevention programs, provided training on prevention nationally and internationally, and served as a prevention voice for local and national media.  Sandra authored the chapter on “Prevention” in Child Maltreatment – A Comprehensive Photographic Reference Identifying Potential Child Abuse published by G.W. Medical Publishing in 2005 and  “Preventing Future Deaths Through Effective Prevention Recommendations and Actions”, in Child Fatality Review, published by G.W. Medical Publishing in 2007.