Date: Monday, Novmeber 10, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
Location: Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium, 1st Floor
Format: Online via Zoom
CE Credit: 2 CEs, read for full information on credit types awarded.
Fees: $35 (scholarships available)
Description:
AI is everywhere. For therapists, it holds the potential to streamline work and transform how we engage with clients. Automating note-writing may sound appealing, but it also raises important questions about privacy, confidentiality, bias, and the ethics of introducing AI into spaces built on trust and human connection. This virtual workshop delves into the transformative potential of generative AI technologies, with a clear emphasis on ethical and responsible use. Participants will engage in critical discussions, observe live demonstrations, and have hands-on opportunities to try the tools themselves. Attendees will also receive a Generative AI Prompt Guidebook for Social Work Practice to support thoughtful, ongoing integration of AI into their work. This session is ideal for social workers and other practitioners who want to explore AI in ways that foster innovation while adhering to ethical standards and promoting human-centric approaches.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the training participants will be able to:
1. Identify at least one application of generative AI technology at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of mental health and human services practice.
2. Describe key ethical challenges associated with AI use in social work and discuss strategies for navigating these issues responsibly.
3. Demonstrate the ability to apply AI-related skills within their specific practice contexts using a client-centered and ethically grounded approach.
Trainer: Marina Badillo-Diaz, DSW, LCSW is the founder of MABD Consulting and an adjunct professor at Columbia University, New York University, Hunter College, and Louisiana State University. Dr. Badillo Diaz has also taught in NYU’s postgraduate certificate programs on school social work, data and technology, and AI in mental health. Her expertise includes social-emotional learning, school social work practice, youth mental health, clinical supervision, AI applications, and data management, and current research explores how school social workers are integrating AI into their daily work. Dr. Badillo-Diaz has presented on these topics nationally and internationally, and has served on the board of the National School Social Work Association of America. She is the creator of The AI Social Worker, a resource that offers practical guidance on 21st-century skills and the ethical AI use in practice. Across all of her work, Dr. Badillo-Diaz is committed to bridging the gap between technology and human-centric social work practices, preparing professionals to meet the challenges of the modern 21st-century world.
References:
- Báez, J. C., Bjugstad, A., Park, T. K., Jones, J. L., Bidwell, L. N., Sage, M., & Hitchcock, L. I. (2025). Social Work Educators Innovating With Generative AI: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Social Work Education, 1-16.
- Díaz, E. R. (2023). Artificial intelligence and social work: Contributions to an ethical artificial intelligence at the service of people. In The Routledge international handbook of digital social work (pp. 368–381). Routledge.
- Reamer, F. G. (2023). Artificial intelligence in social work: Emerging ethical issues. International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, 20(2), 52–71.
- Singer, J. B., Báez, J. C., & Rios, J. A. (2023). AI creates the message: Integrating AI language learning models into social work education and practice. Journal of Social Work Education, 59(2), 294–302.
- Stone, C. (2023). Artificial intelligence in social work practice education: Generative AI for learning. Journal of Practice Teaching & Learning, 20(3), [add pages]
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