From the Field | On-Demand Webinar: What VR Professionals Should Know About AI

About This Webinar

Artificial intelligence is beginning to find its way into vocational rehabilitation and disability employment services. That raises practical questions for VR professionals: Where might AI be useful? What are its limitations? And what should practitioners consider when it comes to ethics, privacy, and human oversight?

A recent webinar from the PRIME (Promoting Retention in Meaningful Employment) project offers an opportunity to explore those questions through a real-world example.

PRIME is developing Anchor, an AI companion designed to support people with disabilities after they begin employment. The webinar looks at how Anchor is being developed and evaluated, how the system is intended to respond to participant engagement and support needs, and the role rehabilitation professionals continue to play when technology is introduced into employment services.

The discussion also addresses broader issues that extend beyond this particular project—including ethical use of AI, privacy, human oversight, and ongoing evaluation.

What You'll Learn

In this webinar, you will learn:

• Ethical considerations and emerging practices for using AI in rehabilitation counseling.
• How the PRIME project is exploring AI as one component of job retention support.
• How participant engagement and support needs can inform the development of an AI system.
• Why ongoing evaluation and human oversight matter when AI is used in disability and employment services.