Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children
Summary & Reflection
- Activity based assessment
- Natural environment
- Interactions with family are important
- Aaron is the cutest baby ever
Skills Tested
- Locomotion in supination and pronation
- turns head, kicks legs, waves arms
- Feeding
- Reacts to sensory stimuli
- tactile, auditory, visual
- Interactions with familiar adults
Aaron Quentin Jones
- DOB: April 19, 2015
- DOA: May 26, 2015
- Chronological age: 1 month, 7 days
- Born at 9lbs 6 oz
- 21 inches long
Scoring
- Document general information
- Each activity is marked as:
- 2- consistently meets criteria
- 1- inconsistently meets criteria
- 0- does not meet criteria
- Notes sections includes:
- A- assistance provided
- B- behavior interfered
- D- direct test
- M- modification/adaptation
- Q- quality of performance
- R- report
- Given Area Raw Score and Percentage
Assessment
- Family report
- Allows caregivers to pick and choose areas and activities that are tested
- Three methods of testing
- Recommended to test over a 2 week period
- Looking at functional, measurable, and teachable skills that are MEANINGFUL
Environment
- No strict guidelines
- Natural environment
- Looking at the child's interaction with family and home
- Not in an isolated room or clinical setting
- If natural environment is busy and full of distraction, schedule time to administer assessment
4 Volumes
Volume 1:
Information of the structure of AEPS
Volume 2:
Testing criteria:
Birth to 3 years
3 to 6 years
Volumes 3 & 4:
Curriculum for Birth to 3 years & 3 to 6 years
General Information
- 6 Developmental Areas
- Birth to 6 years
- Disabilities or at risk for disabilities
- Combines assessment, curricular, and family participation components
- Guides IEP, IFSP
- Activities tested are occupation based
- Criterion-referenced
- $249.00