Implementing AI Responsibly in Your Practice: Governance and Workflow
A 2-hour intermediate CE course equipping licensed mental health professionals and practice owners to adopt artificial-intelligence tools responsibly through a structured governance framework. Covers building an AI use policy, vendor due diligence, client consent and documentation, and ongoing monitoring, quality improvement, and risk management, grounded in the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, WHO 2021 guidance, HIPAA, and professional ethics codes. 13,000 words.
2
CE Hours
What you'll learn
- Construct a written artificial-intelligence governance framework for a solo or group practice that specifies guiding principles, an acceptable-use policy, and defined roles and responsibilities.
- Apply a structured vendor due-diligence checklist to evaluate an artificial-intelligence tool across evidence, security, contracting, data practices, validation, support, and exit and data-portability criteria.
- Draft client-facing disclosure and consent language and documentation standards that account for artificial-intelligence-assisted clinical decisions and staff acceptable use.
- Design a phased, monitored rollout for an artificial-intelligence tool that defines metrics, error reporting, incident response, and a sunset and deprovisioning plan.
- Evaluate the liability, insurance, and ongoing-review implications of artificial-intelligence adoption and identify when a tool must be suspended or retired.
Who it's for
Licensed mental health professionals (LPCs, LCSWs, LMFTs, NCCs, psychologists), practice owners, and clinical supervisors planning to adopt artificial-intelligence tools responsibly.
Approval & credit
CounselorReady is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP #7760). This course awards 2 NBCC-approved CE hours; a certificate is issued on completion. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CounselorReady is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.