Who Should Attend?
Caregivers, parents, teachers, practitioners, disability support workers, youth workers, care community members and leaders who want to better understand AI’s impact on young people — and on their own roles in guiding and supporting them.
Overview
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping how young people learn, play and express themselves. From social media feeds to AI Chatbots and educational tools, AI now plays a daily role in shaping how young people experience the world and themselves.
For those with experiences of trauma and neurodivergence, these technologies can open pathways of growth and inclusion — but can also amplify risks to safety, self-regulation, and belonging.
AI is also transforming the lives and work of the adults who support young people. Whether you are a parent, teacher, youth worker, therapist, or community leader, you are likely already navigating the new questions AI raises — from managing online risks and the impact of “AI hallucinations”, to understanding how it can be used to make everyday tasks more efficient. AI can both ease workloads and add new pressures, especially around digital boundaries, privacy, and emotional connection.
This free, interactive 2-hour shared-learning forum will explore how AI is influencing the daily realities of both young people and the adults who guide them. Together, we’ll unpack the risks, opportunities and practical ways to respond intentionally to this changing landscape.
Insights from the forum will be captured in a public resource on the LBI Foundation website — sharing collective wisdom, strategies, and reflections.
What Participants Will Gain?
- A clear, evidence-informed understanding of what AI is and how it works — in simple, relatable language.
- Insight into how young people engage with AI through social media, chat-bots, gaming, education, and mental-health tools.
- Awareness of both the positive potential of AI for creativity, connection, and inclusion — and the risks that can affect mental health, relationships, and identity (including elevated risks for young people with a context of trauma and/or neurodivergence).
- Understanding of how AI is influencing caregiving, teaching and support roles, from managing screen use and online safety, to using AI for teaching, curriculum development and managing plagiarism.
- Practical tools and strategies to help adults and young people:
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- Build digital literacy and critical thinking (meta-cognitive) skills.
- Recognise and manage risks and benefits.
- Strengthen emotional regulation and resilience in digital spaces.
- Use AI safely and intentionally to support wellbeing and connection.
- Guidance for promoting digital safety and balance across homes, schools, and community environments.
Why LBI Foundation is Delivering This Forum
LBI Foundation’s vision is thriving people and communities. We recognise that artificial intelligence is not just changing technology — it’s changing how people learn and connect.
AI brings both promise and pressure for caregivers, teachers, professionals and care communities. LBI takes a balanced, evidence-informed approach, exploring how AI can be used safely and intentionally to enhance growth, inclusion and wellbeing.
Through our flagship IMPACT program, LBI is investing in AI-enabled tools that help individuals and systems embed learning into action.
This forum reflects our vision — to bring together evidence with lived experience and practical wisdom to ensure that technology remains guided by human intent, empathy, and wisdom.
Facilitators
The forum will be led by an interdisciplinary LBI team bringing expertise across clinical psychology, education, and neuroaffirming practice:
- Dr Ivan Raymond – LBI Clinical Research and Education Director
- David Kelly – LBI Education Lead
- Jess Wagner – LBI Neuroaffirming Practice Lead
Together, they will combine best-practice insights with guided reflection and lived experience, creating a safe, collaborative space for learning and shared understanding.
Delivery
The session will be delivered by Zoom, which is an online web-based platform that can be accessed by smart phone, tablet and computer. All participants who register will receive an email 24 hours before the session with the Zoom code.
Conversation Cost
- Free - Please register through Eventbrite.
