Description
Book SynopsisFor use after the AEPS®‐3 Test, the AEPS®‐3 Curriculum is an activity‐based, multitiered curriculum that helps professionals support every child's development with differentiated instruction in eight developmental areas: fine motor, gross motor, adaptive, social‐emotional, social‐communication, cognitive, literacy, and math. This
Ready curriculum volume covers more complex developmental and early academic skills that are considered important for school success. Two additional levels,
Beginning (for skills typically developing in the first year to 18 months of life) and
Growing (for the toddler years) are also available.
In this volume, professionals will find:
a complete introduction to the curriculum's foundations, content, and organizationhelpful guidelines for selecting goals and outcomesstrategies for matching tiered teaching/intervention strategies—universal, focused, and specialized supports—with young children's individual needsinstructions on collecting progress monitoring data at each teaching/intervention tierevidence‐based strategies for teaching specific developmental skills within 18 typical routines and activities, such as snack time, handwashing, dramatic play, circle time, and science
ABOUT AEPS‐3
Streamlined and enhanced with user‐requested updates, the new AEPS‐3 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.
AEPS‐3 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 familiesTrack and support emerging skills, where real growth and development happenLink assessment data to a tiered curriculum for designing teaching and intervention strategies that get resultsPick up small increments of progress—important when demonstrating growth for children with disabilitiesActively involve families, with handouts to support engagement, forms to gather input, and reports to share resultsStrengthen school readiness for every young child by checking and supporting core skills across all areas of child development, including pre‐academic and social‐emotional skillsStreamline reporting and data management with AEPS®i, the user‐friendly web‐based 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.Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- About EMRG
- I. AEPS®-3 CURRICULUM ORGANIZATION AND USE
- 1 Curriculum Foundations and Framework
- 2 Curriculum Content and Organization
3 Deciding What to Teach
4 Deciding How to Teach
5 Progress Monitoring
- II. AEPS-3 CURRICULUM READY ROUTINES AND ACTIVITIES
- 6 Active & Outdoor Play
- 7 Arrival & Departure
8 Art
- 9 Bath Time
- 10 Block Play
- 11 Circle Time
- 12 Diapering, Toileting, & Handwashing
- 13 Dramatic Play
- 14 Dressing
- 15 Field Trips
- 16 Math
- 17 Meals & Snacks
- 18 Music & Movement
- 19 Nap & Sleep
20 Science
- 21 Sensory
- 22 Technology
23 Writing
- References
- Appendix A Resources for AEPS-3 Curriculum Routines & Activities
Appendix B AEPS-3 Skills Matrix
- Index
