This webinar explores how educators can use AI to enhance, rather than replace the human connections that underpin student wellbeing. With a focus on empathy, equity, and psychological safety, we’ll examine how AI can be used to strengthen student voice, support inclusive practices, and create emotionally intelligent learning environments. The session also addresses ethical use, digital responsibility, and the role of AI in building sustainable, relationship-based wellbeing systems that align with the Wellbeing Framework.

Learning Outcomes:

• Describe how AI can be used to support empathy, student voice, and relationship-based practice within wellbeing promotion.
• Reflect on the ethical and psychological considerations of using AI in schools and further education centres, including inclusion, bias, and digital wellbeing.
• Identify strategies for using AI to create emotionally safe and student-centred wellbeing experiences.
• Explore how AI can contribute to sustainable, values-led wellbeing systems that align with the Wellbeing Framework.

Bio – Nicola Culloty's career journey started as a primary school teacher where she devoted over two decades to nurturing young minds in the classroom. Driven by a passion for mental health and well-being, Nicola returned to the academic world and earned her master’s degree in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in 2019. She has since completed a Diploma in Traumatology and PTSD and a further Diploma in Coaching. In 2020, she founded Full Circle CBT, an organisation offering online therapeutic support to individuals of all ages. Nicola's expertise extends beyond therapy; she actively conducts training workshops for school communities and organisations, equipping them with essential tools to foster mental wellness in their communities. Nicola has provided training and workshops to many schools, organisations and government agencies over the past number of years. She has worked closely with NALA, Mary Immaculate College of Education, TUSLA, the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, European School Varese, ESCI and many more.