Fellow, Americanacademy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
Ray Shelton Ph.D.
Fellow, AmericanAcademy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
NationalCenter for Crisis Management
Director of Professional Development
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Dr. Shelton, Fellow and Director of Professional Development with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, has provided consultation, development and training to the corporate, industrial, medical and education community in the area of Stress Management, Communication, Crisis, Trauma and Violence. Dr. Shelton is an international conference presenter and provides direct consultation and training to the TraumaSupportCenter in England. Dr. Shelton is the author of the book EMS Stress, An Emergency Responders Handbook for Living Well (Mosby Publications, 1994), Acute Traumatic Stress Management (American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, 2001), and Comprehensive Acute Traumatic Stress Management (American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, 2005) Dr. Shelton further served on the American Hospital Associations Ad Hoc Committee on Major Transportation Carrier Disasters in developing the report - Major Transportation Carrier Disasters: Improving Response and Coordination, 1991.
Dr. Shelton develops and trains corporate, industrial, emergency service, clergy and educator based trauma response teams, as well as providing training to the mental health community regarding Traumatic Incident Stress Management. He has presented his program “Catastrophe – Managing the Psychological Trauma” at the PLRB Claims conference for the past 4 years. He was the recipient of the PLRB “Outstanding Presentation” award at the 2007 conference in OrlandoFlorida.
In the wake of the WorldTradeCenter disaster, Dr. Shelton consulted with the Federal Bureau of Investigation New York Office regarding Stress / Traumatic Stress Management for staff and staff families. Additionally, he provides clinical direction for the Long Island N.Y. Traumatic Incident Stress Management response teams, including Emergency Service and Hospital based programs. Dr. Shelton regularly consults with the news media regarding Traumatic Stress offering expert commentary for CNN, ABC, FOX, the NY Times and Newsday. He has conducted training in Acute Traumatic Stress Management for Brown, Boston and StonyBrookUniversities.
In addition to his work with the Academy, Dr. Shelton has been a member of the Emergency Service Community for 36 years, having served as a firefighter and Paramedic. Dr. Shelton has been with the Nassau County N.Y. Police Department for 33 years serving as Director of Emergency Medical & Health training at the PoliceAcademy. He further serves as the clinical director for the Nassau and Suffolk County Traumatic Incident Stress Management programs. Dr. Shelton in an honorably discharged veteran having served in the US Navy as a Hospital Corpsman.