About This Webinar
Recorded: September 18, 2026
How can artificial intelligence help support people with disabilities in maintaining employment? At an event hosted by the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA), the PRIME team explored AI and job retention, introducing technology being developed to support people after they begin working.
Keeping a job can be just as important as finding one. For people with disabilities, workplace challenges may arise after employment begins, when ongoing professional support may be limited.
In this session, presenters introduce Anchor, an AI companion being developed as part of PRIME. They discuss how the system is being designed and evaluated, including participant engagement, support needs, and opportunities for improvement over time.
The discussion also addresses ethics, privacy, and human oversight, emphasizing the role of rehabilitation professionals when AI is used in disability and employment services.
What You'll Learn
In this webinar, you will:
- Identify ethical implications and best practices for use of AI technologies in rehabilitation counseling.
- Identify the supports components implemented by the DIF PRIME project to assist individuals with disabilities in retaining their jobs.
- Identify the process for developing an agentic AI system and components to evaluate participant engagement and support needs.
- Identify formative evaluation components, in light of ethical considerations, to continue to improve AI systems.
Handouts
David Douglas
CEO
Guideway Labs
Diogo Guimaraes
Chief Technology Officer
Guideway Labs
Timothy Tansey, PH.D., CRC, CVE
Principal investigator
DIF PRIME