Pass the Baton
One public link that carries everything a caregiver needs: child profile, sensory snapshot, behaviors to watch, and the schedule.
When to Use This
Use Pass the Baton when you are handing your child off and the other adult does not know them as well as you do. Grandparents for a weekend, a sub for a school day, a sitter for an evening, respite for an afternoon. Generate the link, text it to them. They open it, no account, no app install. They see the same information you would tell them in a 20-minute pre-handoff briefing, in a structured card.
If You Are an Educator or Therapist
Signed in as an educator or therapist, Baton is a different thing in the same place. You pick a student from your caseload, say who is covering them and add anything they should know. Beacon builds a one page handover sheet you download and print: their goals with room to write what happened, their service minutes and the accommodations already in place. It leaves out behavior incidents and IEP compliance dates, which are your record rather than a covering adult's. Nothing is stored and no link is created, so there is nothing to revoke and nothing that can be forwarded; the sheet exists only as the file you printed. The way back is the sheet itself. Whoever covered writes on it and hands it back.
How It Works
Create a Handoff
Name who it's for ("Grandma Saturday", "Mrs. Lopez Sub Day"), add an optional caregiver note (any context the structured card can't carry), and optionally pick a schedule to include. Tap Create.
What the Link Shows
The shared card brings together your child's profile, the sensory profile, the behaviors you track and the schedule you picked. Anyone with the link sees a clean read-only view; they cannot edit your data or see anything you did not include.
Copy + Send
Tap Copy on the handoff row to copy the link. Paste in any text or message app. The receiver opens it in a browser. No Beacon account needed.
Revoke Any Time
Each handoff has its own revoke button. Revoke before the sitter day if plans change, or after the handoff to make the link dead. Each handoff is independent so revoking one does not break others.
A Real Example
Maya creates 3 handoffs over a month: weekend grandparents, a sub-day school visit, an evening sitter. Each has its own link.
| Audience | Note | Schedule | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandma + Grandpa | Heavy week, keep noise low. Snack is the magic word. | Weekend | Active |
| Mrs. Lopez Sub Day | Ear defenders in the backpack. Tap-and-go works better than asking. | School Day | Active |
| Sitter (Jamie) | Bedtime is the same 4 steps, same order. | Bedtime | Revoked after the night |
What Beacon Auto-Knows
- All your active and revoked handoffs.
- Which one is linked to which schedule.
- When each was created (and revoked).
- What the receiver-facing card will say (since it's composed from your current data).
What Discuss With Beacon Adds
- When you Discuss from the Baton page, your active handoffs + their composed card content attach to chat.
- Beacon can write the caregiver note for you: 'Generate a note for Grandma about this week's sensory state.'
- Or audit before you send: 'Read this handoff back to me as the receiver would see it.'
Try These With Beacon
“Write a caregiver note for the sitter tonight. Avery has had a hard week.”
Reads your recent Journal moods, Behaviors and Sensory answers. Drafts a 3-4 sentence note in your voice: what to expect, what to avoid, what works. You paste it into the 'Note for the Caregiver, Optional' box.
“Make this handoff easier for someone who does not know autism.”
Rewrites the caregiver note and suggests simpler words. 'Strip jargon: replace "vestibular seeking" with "loves to spin and swing". Add a one-line emergency contact at the top.'
“Audit this link before I send it to my mom.”
Reads back the card as the receiver sees it. 'It includes: profile (4yo, autism, ADHD), sensory profile, the 3 behaviors you track, the weekend schedule and your note. It does NOT include: your journal entries, chat history or any wins.'
“Revoke the sub-day handoff. Why is the school still seeing it?”
Checks the handoff and confirms it is revoked. 'The handoff is revoked. Anyone who opens the school link now gets a page-not-found screen. If the sub still has the page open in a tab, it goes away the next time they refresh. If they took a screenshot, that picture stays as it was, but it never updates.'