EAPA-Egoli Seminar: Dialogue on EAP/EWP Practice Models

Why you should attend? You will walk away with:

• Greater awareness of EAP/EWP practice models
• Challenging traditional ways of thinking
• An enhanced understanding of EAP/EWP contribution to the HR Value chain

Meet the Presenter: Prof. Robert Paul Maiden played a major role in the development of EAPs in South Africa. His academic career is summarised and his contribution elaborated on in the next few paragraphs, where exposure to different American universities are discussed.He obtained his BA in 1978 from Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas in Communications and Psychology, his MS SW in 1980 at the University of Tennessee, College of Social Work specialising in Community Organizing, Planning and Administration. He obtained his PhD in 1995 at the School of Social Work, University of Maryland. He completed some post-doctoral qualifications at Harvard University’s Management and Leadership Institute, and at the University of Central Florida in ‘Instructional Design and Distance Education.’In terms of his professional experience he had a Senior Fulbright to South Africa in 2006 focusing on the integration of employee assistance, work/life and wellness, workplace violence, disaster preparedness and response, trauma management. He had a Senior Fulbright Scholarship to Russia in 2004 focusing on workplace substance abuse, domestic violence, occupational curriculum development, consultation and training.