Employee Assistance Program

The Buffalo State College Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a confidential information, assessment, and referral service. EAP is designed to help employees cope with personal issues that negatively affect their lives and may intrude upon their jobs such as emotional stress, family disintegration, financial or legal difficulties, alcoholism or drug abuse, and marital disruption. These issues not only harm an employee’s personal life, but also impair workplace productivity. EAP was formed with the knowledge that such problems can be addressed and treated with appropriate and relevant help.
Seeking Wellness Volunteers
Do you have a talent, expertise, skill, or information that you are willing to share with fellow Buffalo State community members? The Employee Assistance Program Committee is seeking volunteers willing to facilitate a workshop or session for campus faculty and staff. Just contact the EAP office with your wellness related topic and availability and we’ll do the rest! Some potential discussions include parenting, finances, child and elder care, and handling stress; possible health activities include yoga, pilates, or dance. Please email Tamara if you can donate your talents, or to let us know what types of experiences you’d like to see offered.
May Resources & Updates (sneak peek!)
A New Time-Saving Format for the May NYS-Balance Webinar Staying Fit at Work!
Work-Life Services is pleased to announce a new, time-saving format for the May 16, 2013, NYS-Balance webinar, Staying Fit at Work. To make participation in the webinar less complicated, we will be testing a new half-hour webinar format. The Thursday, May 16th webinar will be offered in two half-hour sessions. Each session will provide the same quality webinar learning as the previous hour-long sessions, but in a more concise format allowing employees to participate during their half-hour break. Participants can choose to register for either session using the links below:
Staying Fit at Work - May 16
Registration Link for first Session held 12:00 noon - 12:30pm https://workplaceoptions.webex.com/workplaceoptions/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=715529991
Registration Link for 2nd Session held 1:00 pm - 1:30pm
https://workplaceoptions.webex.com/workplaceoptions/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=711773755
April Resources & Updates
NYS-BALANCE - Why Can't Every Day Be Earth Day?: Greener Habits at Work and Home
WEBINAR - Moving Beyond the Basics: Saving Our Planet
First we learned the importance of the 3 R's: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. What else can we do? Saving our planet for future generations is more important than ever.
Thursday, April 18 at 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Register at NYS-Balance or view after the webinar at http://www.nysbalance.ny.gov/
(Username: nys Password: balance)
2013 Webinar Calendar
January 17: Maximizing Your Day: Effective Time Management
February 21: Keeping Your Love Alive
March 21: Building Resiliency 101
April 18: Moving Beyond the Basics: Saving Our Planet
May 16: Staying Fit at Work
June 20: It's Not Just About the Money
See flyer for details. Register at NYS-Balance or view after the webinar at http://www.nysbalance.ny.gov/ (Username: nys Password: balance)