Bangkok Deep Dive Workshop
AI in Action: Building Chatbots to Strengthen School Counseling Programs
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Workshop Description
This hands on workshop builds capacity for international school counselors to use AI chatbots as ethical, student centered tools within a comprehensive school counseling program. These tools are not intended for counseling; they reinforce social emotional learning and skill building under the close supervision of a school counselor.
Participants will learn how chatbots can foster student skill development aligned to ISCA Student Standards, strengthen teachers’ ability to guide and refer students to school counselors, and strengthen guardians’ parenting skills.
The session culminates in participants drafting their first chatbots and leaving with practical starting products and clear plans to continue developing safe, standards aligned tools for their own school contexts. This workshop is designed for beginners and dabblers; no prior AI experience is required.
About this Deep Dive Speaker
Stephanie Finnell is a Middle School Counselor, PK–12 Counselor Coordinator, and ISCA Task Force Member with fifteen years of experience supporting students in the United States, Romania, and China at both middle and high school levels.
Stephanie holds an Ed.S. in Counselor Education with a specialization in PK-12 School Counseling and is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) through the National Board for Certified Counselors. She is passionate about advocacy, innovation, and pushing the international school counseling profession forward, particularly by finding new ways to make comprehensive counseling programs more accessible, relevant, and impactful for students.
Lisa Cuthbertson is an international school counselor who has worked in Korea, Vietnam, Ecuador, and China. Her career began in science and has led her to her true passion of counseling. She has special interests in person centered work, motivational interviewing, and how hormones affect mental health.
