As technology rapidly evolves, so does our need to adapt and develop our ethical thinking as human service providers. In this workshop, we will review the history of digital ethics. We will also discuss how the pandemic has propelled us into the world of telehealth. And finally, we will imagine the risks and benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on our professions. The emphasis in this workshop will be on "human" service with an underlying emphasis on the question: "What does it mean to be a person?" A deeper appreciation of principles guides our ethical decision-making in a way that will impact how we serve in the future.
Training Objectives:1. Participants will gain an overview of the evolution of digital ethics in our professions.2. Participants will review ethical principles applicable to the use of digital technology in human services.3. Participants will deepen appreciation of the fundamental question that guides our ethical thinking and feeling.
John Yasenchak, Ed.D., LCPC, LADC is currently contributing faculty in the School of Counseling, Walden 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 is currently on the editorial board of Counseling and Values, the journal for the Association of Spiritual, Ethical, Religious, and Values Issues in Counseling. John began his teaching career as a philosophy instructor with a specialty in ethics. He has presented on digital ethics, posthumanism, spiritual/religious issues in the practice of counseling. John has been a student and teacher of yoga for over twenty-five years.
