Webinar Series
Ethical Integration of AI in Behavioral Services: Key Considerations and Practical Recommendations
Adrienne Jennings (Daemen University)
Date: August 19, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM Eastern
Abstract: Artificial intelligence is increasingly being integrated into behavioral services, offering potential benefits to client care, as well as clinician implementation. While AI holds considerable promise, its ethical implementation requires careful attention to issues such as generalizability and bias, data privacy and security, and transparency in decision-making. This presentation will begin with an overview of AI and its various types, followed by real-world and hypothetical use case examples relevant to behavioral services. Emphasis will be placed on a practical set of expert-informed recommendations, organized by core ethical themes, to help providers responsibly navigate the adoption and oversight of AI tools. Scenarios will be used to illustrate how these recommendations can be applied in practice. This presentation will cover ethics content.
Instruction Level: Intermediate
Learning Objectives:
- Define artificial intelligence and describe at least two different types of AI relevant to behavioral services
- Identify at least three ways AI may be used in behavioral services
- Describe at least three recommendations for the ethical use of AI
Biography: Dr. Adrienne Jennings is an Assistant Professor in the Behavioral Science Department at Daemen University, a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and a Licensed Behavior Analyst in the state of New York. She has over a decade of clinical experience across in-home, clinic, and after-school program settings. Adrienne is the co-founder and chair of the AI Consortium for ABA (AIC-ABA) and serves on the Science Board of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. She also sits on the editorial boards of The Analysis of Verbal Behavior and Single Case in the Social Sciences. Her research interests include the acquisition and development of verbal behavior, the role of verbal behavior in learning, emergent behavior, open science practices, and the dissemination and cultural adaptation of behavioral services. She is also interested in artificial intelligence, AI ethics, and incorporating data science into behavior analytic research. When she’s not teaching or conducting research, Adrienne can be found outside, camping, hiking, or running.
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