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SIMmersion

https://www.simmersion.com/

Last activity: 28.10.2024

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Since 2002, SIMmersion has developed a wide variety of training systems to address a number of important topics, such as Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, suicide interventions, job interviewing, & alcohol screening/brief interventions. Proven through a number of university research studies, our training systems are highly effective at helping users build lasting skills and make positive change in their social interactions.

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Location: United States, Maryland, Columbia

Employees: 11-50

Phone: +1 443-283-2555

Founded date: 2002

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Date	Title	Description
28.10.2024	SIMmersion Provides Practice Conversations for 988 Lifeline Crisis Counselors	Figure 1 - Counselor Training with a Virtual Role-Player Figure 2 Virtual Role-Player Ray Scott who is currently thinking about suicide Figure 3 - Virtual Role-Player Sheila Harris, a Familiar Caller The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, adm...
03.09.2024	SIMmersion’s PeopleSim® Technology is Used to Create Virtual Role-Players That Act and Look Like Real People	Figure 1 Conversation Not Going as Intended Figure 2 Skilled Actor Behaving Like a Real Person Figure 3 Trainee Selecting a Prompt Learning new conversational skills can require changing a lifetime of habits. Practice with realistic role-pl...
20.08.2024	Cannabis Use by Adolescents is Harmful. Free CME Training Can Help Healthcare Providers Prevent the Harm	Figure 1 Dad Talking with Daughter About Drugs. Figure 2 Role-Player David Martin Figure 3 Provider Practicing an Adaptation of MI An adaptation of motivational interviewing for the primary care setting can be used to help adolescents decid...
06.08.2024	Talking with SIMmersion’s Virtual Patient Earns Free Continuing Medical Education ACCME Credits	Figure 1 Doctor Using Motivational Interviewing Figure 2 Healthcare Provider Practing MI with Tony Figure 3 Virtual Patient Tony Frazier This free training provides an interesting and informative adaptation of motivational interviewing (MI)...
18.07.2024	Free Continuing Medical Education (CME) Funded by the National Institutes of Health is Now Available at SIMmersion.com	Figure 1 Nurse Earning 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM) Figure 2 Healthcare Provider Earning 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM) Figure 3 Physician Talking with a Patient About Using Medications to Threat Opioid Use Disorder Three shor...
09.07.2024	New Virtual Role-Player Training Helps Alcohol and Drug Counselors Learn to Supervise Interns	Figure 1 Supervising a Drug & Alcohol Intern Figure 2 Role-Player Jose Perez Figure 3 Practicing Supervision with Jose Those learning to treat people suffering from substance use and related disorders require supervision. A new product ...
07.05.2024	New Virtual Reality Training is Designed to Help Black Autistic Youth Who Struggle with Asking for a Teacher’s Help	Figure 1. Student Needing Help Figure 2. Role-Player Mrs. Daniels Figure 3. Student practicing asking for help Asking for help can be viewed as a sign of weakness, yet seeking help is an important strategy for learning & growth. New tra...
14.02.2024	Fuzzy Logic AI Used to Train Police and Help Make Americans Safer	Figure 1. Students learning about investigative techniques Figure 2. Law enforcement officer testifying in court. Figure 3. Police Officers Immerse in HIITS Conversation Police officers build investigative skills and develop better relation...
15.01.2024	Universities Teaching Behavioral Healthcare Use SIMmersion® Virtual Role-Plays to Practice Clinical Sessions	Figure 1. Using a SIMmersion product in the classroom Figure 2. CBT role-players Figure 3. Student practicing gender affirmative therapy Role-player training systems include suicide intervention, gender affirmative therapy, cognitive behavi...
27.11.2023	New Training Offers Healthcare Providers the Opportunity to Practice Gender Affirmative Care for Critical Needs	Figure 1 Eden portraying someone recently diagnosed with HIV. Figure 2 Eden portraying someone who may be a victim of interpersonal valance. Figure 3 Eden portraying someone having thoughts of suicide Healthcare providers can now practice p...
13.11.2023	SIMmersion Offers Free Training to Help Healthcare Providers Fight Childhood Obesity	Figure 1 Provider talking with child about healthy habits Figure 2 Provider practicing talking with role-player Kelly Robinson Figure 3 Role-player Kelly Robinson, mother of an Overweight Child The free comprehensive training includes educa...
23.05.2023	Recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month: SIMmersion Provides Training for Gender Affirming Therapy	Figure 1 Role-Player Jemma Walker Figure 2 Role-Player James Moore Figure 3 Role-Player Lucas Novak The NIH funded SIMmersion to development three virtual role-players to help mental healthcare providers practice & build gender affirmin...
02.05.2023	SIMmersion® Supports National Mental Health Awareness Month	Figure 1 – Taye Banks Figure 2 - Taking CBT Assessment Figure 3 - Working with a Virtual LGBTQ+ Client SIMmersion® won multiple grant awards from the National Institutes of Health to develop virtual role-players to help mental healthcare pr...
26.04.2023	SIMmersion’s PeopleSim® Technology is Now Being Used for 3-D Applications	Figure 1 - Screen Capture from Work Chat Figure 2 - Screen Capture from Attack Aftermath Video Figure 3 - Screen capture from VR system PeopleSim technology used for creating realistic on-screen role-players is now being integrated into 3-D...
13.01.2023	Over 100,000 Training Conversations in 2022 with SIMmersion’s Virtual Role-Players Sets a New Annual Record	Figure 1. SIMmersion celebrated 100,000 conversations in 2022 Figure 2. User talks with Jake Finny about his drug use Figure 3. Video productions utilized SIMmersion’s tools More people are practicing difficult conversations using SIMmersio...
28.10.2022	Bootstrapping a Startup: A View of SIMmersion After 20 Years	Figure 1. Screen Capture of the First PeopleSim® Role-Player Mike Simmen for the FBI Figure 2. Role Player Gabe Turner, a Man Who Drinks to Much Figure 3. SIMmersion Logo Careful thought was given to starting up a company. As a result, SIMm...
05.10.2022	Virtual Role-Players Are Shown to Improve Soft-Skill Training	Figure 1. Traditional Role-Play Figure 2. Learner Working with SIMmersion's VR Role-Player Figure 3. Learner looking at Summary Feedback Traditional role-plays are compared to virtual ones. SIMmersion’s virtual role-players are used for the...
13.09.2022	An AI-Driven Simulation with a Virtual Role-Player Helps Supervisors Develop Performance Coaching Skills at a Lower Cost	Figure 1 Supervisor Training with Role-Player Brooke Lerner Figure 2 Opening Screen of Training Materials Figure 3 Brooke's Six Faces Representing Her Various Personalities Supervisors are learning performance coaching skills by practicing ...
16.08.2022	Realistic Virtual Role-Players Used to Train Peer Support Specialists to Support Addiction Recovery	Figure 1 National Drug-Involved Overdose Deaths Numbers among all ages, by gender, 1999-2020 Figure 2. Specialist practicing with Jake Finney Figure 3 Role-players Jake Finney, Harold Melton, and Paloma Alvarado SIMmersion developed a serie...
09.08.2022	Simulated Suicidal Role-Players Help Train Healthcare Providers	Role-Player Taye Banks has been thinking about suicide needs to be assessed Role-Player Katrina Sanderson is considering seeking treatment for her thoughts of suicide Role-Player Henry Douglas is thinking about suicide and needs a safety pl...
27.07.2022	SIMmersion Develops Virtual Role-Players to Help Clinicians Develop CBT Skills Needed to Fight Substance Abuse Disorders	Practicing CBT with a role-player, Tanisha Role-Players Tanisha, Roger, and Melody SIMmersion CBT is one of the most effective treatments for substance use disorders. Practicing using CBT with role-players helps clinicians build the needed ...
29.06.2022	Virtual Role-Players Help People with Autism or Other Disabilities Find Employment by Teaching Job Interview Skills.	Role-Players Travis Bishop and Rita Muniz Figure 1 Employment rates for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Law (IDEAL) Figure 2 Employment improvement with practice SIMmersion developed a job interview training system to support th...

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