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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