Scenario-based professional development for special education teachers.
Practice-based professional development through interactive, branching classroom scenarios. Pre-service and in-service special education teachers rehearse de-escalation, IEP facilitation, and instructional decision-making in a no-risk environment. Web application, optimized for desktop.
Web application optimized for desktop browsers. Simulations require full-screen split-panel layouts.
A student stands up during a math assessment, throws their pencil, and says "I can't do this." Two students look startled. What do you do first?
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Research Foundations
Practice-Based Teacher Education at Scale
IncluTrain's scenario design and feedback model are informed by peer-reviewed research on simulation-based teacher preparation and the CEC Practice Standards. IncluTrain has not been evaluated in a controlled study.
Branching Classroom Scenarios
Branching, text-and-media scenarios that replicate common SPED classroom situations: behavioral escalation, elopement, sensory overload, co-teaching friction, and difficult parent conferences. Educators rehearse response decisions in a no-risk environment.
Adaptive Difficulty Scaling
Scenario complexity adjusts based on educator responses. Novice educators start with structured prompts and scaffolds; experienced educators face ambiguous, multi-variable situations that call for professional judgment.
IEP Meeting Facilitation
Simulated IEP meetings with scripted parent personas (anxious, disengaged, and in disagreement) so educators can rehearse difficult conversations. Educators practice trauma-informed facilitation and procedural awareness in realistic settings.
District Integration
Professional Development Data Feeds the OS.
Scenario completion records and PD-hour logs sync to the IncluShift OS, giving district professional development teams documentation of which research-informed practice modules each educator has completed.
IncluTrain is a simulation-based professional development tool. It is not a substitute for supervised clinical experience, formal teacher preparation, or state licensure. Scenarios are research-informed; the platform itself has not been evaluated in a controlled study.
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