Competency-aligned professional education
520 Practice Labs provides competency-aligned AI simulations where students build professional skills, make decisions, and learn through realistic practice experiences.
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Select a discipline to explore its practice settings, case series, and individual simulations. New professional disciplines will be added as the platform grows.
Child Welfare
Practice a child protective services home visit. Hear the family’s perspectives, inspect the home, and explain your assessment of risk and protective factors.
Social Work Child Welfare
Visit the Bennett household, engage caregivers and children, gather evidence, and develop a plan for tonight’s care. Respond in your own words through typing or microphone recording, with prerecorded family responses.
Practice focus: engagement, assessment, risk and protective factors, and collaborative planning.
Launch SimulationSchool Social Work
Develop practice skills through a longitudinal school social work case that unfolds across multiple meetings with the same student.
Social Work School Social Work Competency-Based Simulation Series
Competency-Based Simulation Series
CSWE Competency 6 — Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Launch SimulationPrimary Competency: CSWE Competency 7 — Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Continue Jordan’s longitudinal case by assessing his experience, school functioning, coping, strengths, supports, and concerns while maintaining the rapport established in the first meeting.
Launch SimulationPrimary Competency: CSWE Competency 8 — Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Launch SimulationPrimary Competency: CSWE Competency 8 — Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Secondary Competencies: Competency 1 — Ethical and Professional Behavior; Competency 7 — Assessment
Launch SimulationPrimary Competency: CSWE Competency 9 — Evaluate Practice
Launch SimulationGerontological Social Work
Practice person-centered social work with older adults through Margaret Ellis’s longitudinal case, beginning with engagement and rapport during a first home visit.
Social Work Gerontological Social Work Competency-Based Simulation Series
CSWE Competency 6 — Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Meet Margaret, an 80-year-old widow referred by her clinic after missed appointments. Introduce your role, listen to her perspective, and build rapport while respecting her independence.
Live conversation, AI voice, and an animated client. Finish with a scored debrief and a downloadable feedback PDF with an optional student name.
Preview SimulationPreview access is currently restricted to the site owner. Student access is managed through assigned program labs.
CSWE Competency 7 — Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Return for a follow-up home visit. Explore Margaret’s daily routines, missed appointments, strengths, supports, and priorities through collaborative assessment.
Live conversation, AI voice, a talking portrait, and a scored debrief with a downloadable feedback PDF.
Preview SimulationPreview access is currently restricted to the site owner. Student access is managed through assigned program labs.
CSWE Competency 8 — Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Collaborate with Margaret on a practical plan for clinic attendance. Explore options, respect her choices, agree on manageable steps, and decide how to review progress.
Live conversation, AI voice, a talking portrait, and a scored debrief with downloadable PDF feedback.
Preview SimulationPreview access is currently restricted to the site owner. Student access is managed through assigned program labs.
CSWE Competency 8 — Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Support Margaret as she puts her plan into practice. Explore hesitation, rehearse asking for assistance, respect consent, and adapt next steps together.
Live conversation, AI voice, a talking portrait, and a scored debrief with downloadable PDF feedback.
Preview SimulationPreview access is currently restricted to the site owner. Student access is managed through assigned program labs.
CSWE Competency 9 — Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Review Margaret’s progress and experience of support. Compare outcomes with her goals, identify what helped and what remains uncertain, and agree on adjustments and continued support.
Live conversation, AI voice, a talking portrait, and a scored debrief with downloadable PDF feedback.
Preview SimulationPreview access is currently restricted to the site owner. Student access is managed through assigned program labs.
All five episodes are available for owner preview, covering engagement, assessment, collaborative planning, intervention, and evaluation.
Future institutional versions will include assignment tools, student progress monitoring, competency evidence, transcript review, and LMS integration.
Social Work Practice Labs
Choose a Social Work Practice Setting
Explore competency-based simulation series organized around the settings and specialties where social workers practice.