The special education companion for your classroom and caseload
Beacon is built for special education work: the questions that come up between sessions, transitions that fall apart, a student who bolts, a family email you do not have time to write. It knows your class or caseload from a sentence you write once, it speaks the language you already use at work, and it hands you the exact free printable from Spectrum Unlocked instead of describing one. You never create a student profile to use it.
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No account needed to try. No credit card. No student data needed.
Strategies on demand
Transitions, task refusal, group work, sensory breaks. Practical answers grounded in how your class or caseload actually runs.
Drafts in minutes
Messages home to families, social stories, behavior support plans, and IEP meeting prep from the educator's side of the table.
Every printable, one ask away
Data sheets, visual schedules, PECS cards, adapted books. Beacon points you to the exact free Spectrum Unlocked tool instead of describing one.
Built to respect your students' privacy
Beacon never asks you to create a student profile. Talk about your students with first names or initials only, and Beacon will remind you if a full name slips in.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I have to enter student information?
- No. Beacon never asks you to create a student profile. You describe your class or caseload in a sentence or two when you set up, and you talk about students by first name or initials in the conversation. Beacon will remind you if a full name slips in.
- How is this different from the parent version of Beacon?
- The persona, the tools and the language change. Beacon addresses your students rather than your child, it prepares you for IEP meetings from your side of the table, it drafts messages home to families rather than letters to the school, and it uses professional vocabulary like reinforcement, prompting and task analysis without lecturing you about your own field.
- Which professionals is it built for?
- Special education and general education teachers, paraprofessionals and aides, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, BCBAs, RBTs and tutors. You pick your role at signup and can change it any time in Settings.
- Can I use it for IEP paperwork?
- Yes. You can upload an IEP or an evaluation and get a plain-language breakdown, plus family-ready wording to explain it. Only upload documents you are authorized to use, and cover identifying details where you can.
- What does it cost?
- Beacon is free to use. You get ten messages to start and a few every day after that, and crisis support is always free. If you reach the point where you want more, paid plans are there, but nothing is asked of you up front.
- Is Beacon a replacement for my district's systems?
- No. Beacon helps you prepare, draft and think. Decisions about goals, services and placement belong to the IEP team, and your district's records remain the system of record.