Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children (AEPS-3): Curriculum, Volume 1

Comprehensive and readerfriendly, this User's Guide gives early childhood professionals the practical knowledge they need to use the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS3) accurately and effectively. In this volume, professionals will find: a complete overview of the AEPS3 linked system approach an introduction to each AEPS3 component and how they work togetherstrategies for encouraging family engagement and fostering team collaboration guidance on using AEPS3 to work with children and families who have diverse needs a summary of the research behind AEPS-3, including data on the utility, validity, and reliability of the AEPS3 Test ABOUT AEPS3 Streamlined and enhanced with userrequested updates, the new AEPS3 gives your early childhood program the most accurate, useful child data and a proven way to turn data into action across everything you do, from goal setting to teaching to progress monitoring. Use this highly effective and efficient linked system to assess, develop goals, implement instruction/intervention, and monitor progress of every child you work with, from the first months of life through kindergarten. AEPS3 HELPS YOU: Collect essential assessment data and use it across your key tasks: OSEP reporting, determining eligibility, building IFSPs and IEPs, planning teaching and intervention, monitoring progress, and sharing results with families Track and support emerging skills, where real growth and development happen Link assessment data to a tiered curriculum for designing teaching and intervention strategies that get results Pick up small increments of progressimportant when demonstrating growth for children with disabilities Actively involve families, with handouts to support engagement, forms to gather input, and reports to share results Strengthen school readiness for every young child by checking and supporting core skills across all areas of child development, including preacademic and socialemotional skills Streamline reporting and data management with AEPSi, the userfriendly webbased system There's never been a more effective or efficient system for assessing, tracking, and nurturing the development of every child you work with, from the first months of life through kindergarten.