Description
March 28, 2025 | 9:00am-1:00pm | Virtual via Zoom
Description:
The world of Artificial Intelligence continues to rapidly evolve and its impact is becoming more apparent every day. In this workshop we will continue to explore this evolution from an applied ethical perspective. Information regarding AI updates will be shared and the philosophy behind advances will be discussed. Participants will also have the opportunity to share perspectives on AI, social media and mental health in light of both positive and challenging impacts of technology. Two underlying questions will guide this workshop:
In a digital world driven by data and information, what does it mean to be a person?
and in regard to technological advances in our work as helpers, who is driving the bus?
Objectives:
1. Participants will review basic professional ethical principles applicable to the discussion
2. Participants will be familiar with technological advances relative to the helping professions
3. Participants will deepen understanding of the relationship between digital applications and mental health.
Presenters:
John Yasenchak, Ed.D, LCPC, LADC, is currently a contributing faculty in the School of Counseling, Wal-den University. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor for Graduate Counseling, Husson University. Prior to that, he taught for many years in the Graduate Counselling program at the University of Maine, Orono. John has served as President of the Maine Counseling Association, Chair of the North Atlantic Region American Counseling Association, and as Board Member, Co-occurring Collaborative Serving Maine. He serves on the editorial board of Counseling and Values. John began his teaching career as a philosophy instructor with a specialty in ethics and has presented workshops on digital ethics and spir-itual/religious issues in the practice of counseling nationally and internationally. He has received awards for his work in spirituality and religion, multiculturalism, and teaching. John has been a student and teacher of yoga for over twenty-five years.
Contact hours:
4 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals
4 Category I Contact hour for Maine Psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists in Maine
4 contact hours for Alcohol and Drug Counselors pending approval from the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors.
4 contact hours for CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
Inclusive of 4 hours of ethics
