| Jason
Maffia, M.A., B.C.E.T.S.
- Health
Services Administrator Queens Private Correctional
Facility
- Mental
Health Professional, Nassau County Critical Incident
Stress Management Team
- Team
Coordinator,NYC REMSCO Critical Incident Response
Team
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Jason Maffia is the Health
Services Administrator at Queens Private Correctional
Facility. Jason holds a Masters Degree in Psychology
as well as the designation of Board Certified
Expert in Traumatic Stress, Diplomat, American
Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. Mr.
Maffia is also Board Certified in Emergency
Crisis Response, Certified in Acute Traumatic
Stress Management and Certified in Health Counseling.
Jason is a mental health professional and team
coordinator with the Regional EMS Council of
New York City Critical Incident Response Team,
as well as a mental health professional with
the Nassau County Critical Incident Stress Management
Team. As a member of these teams, Jason has
provided group and individual crisis intervention
for fire services, EMS and pre hospital care
providers affected by tragedy or disaster.
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Workshops,
Presentations and Seminar Topics
Queens Private Correctional Facility
Critical Incident Stress Management Program and Team
Development: Comprehensive Acute Traumatic Stress Management
Developed and implemented CISM Program and Trained
Staff for CISM Team using the CATSM model.
ICISF 9th World Congress:
The Effectiveness of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
in the Reduction of PTSD
This presentation will evaluate the
conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the effectiveness
of critical incident stress debriefing as a means of
reducing psychological morbidity following traumatic
exposure.
International Interdisciplinary Conference
on Emergencies: An Organizational Approach
to Work Related Trauma and Recovery
This presentation adopts an organizational
psychological approach to work related trauma and recovery.
It explores the theoretical nature of work related traumatic
stress and the context within which reactions occur
and recovery takes place. Organizational influences
on response are identified and used to tentatively offer
explanations for the effectiveness of debriefing. General
conclusion regarding the implications for intervention
effectiveness and prevention are discussed.
Rocky Mountain Region National Disaster Mental
Health Conference
Compassion Fatigue: The Cost of Caring
The emotional aspects of traumatic
events are often ignored in professional helpers who
are involved in intervention immediately after and following
a disasterwith victims of emotional trauma. There is
a growing body of theoretical and empirical literature
that recognizes that engaging in therapeutic work with
trauma survivors can and does impact the professional
involved. It explores a theoreti cal model that accounts
for and predicts the emergence of compassion stress
and compassion fatigue among professionals working with
traumatized people and to explicate the principals associated
with accurate diagnosis,assessment, research,treatment
and prevention of compassion fatigue.
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and
Northern New Jersey
Critical Incident Stress Management Program Development
Acute Traumatic Stress Management.
Trained staff in ATSM Model, Developed CISM Team
Following
is a partial list of organizations with whom Jason Maffia
has interviewed, consulted or trained:
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The Jamaica Hospital
Medical Center
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern
New Jersey
Queens Private Correctional Facility
AHRC of Nassau County
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