The AEPS-3 is an assessment and curriculum for children birth to age six. AEPS-3 focuses on the following developmental and academic areas: Adaptive, Cognitive, Fine Motor, Gross Motor, Early Literacy, Early Math, Social Communication, and Social Emotional.

There are many ways to create opportunities for language and literacy in our interactions with children. I wrote about how we can assess literacy in the early years. If you're interested, check out the AEPS-3 literacy ideas at: https://aepsinteractive.com/2025/08/27/how-aeps-3-supports-literacy-development-in-young-children/.

Here is a link to ideas for AEPS-3 math: https://aepsinteractive.com/2025/09/17/how-aeps-3-supports-early-math-skills-in-young-children/

We created a non-profit in 2005 from royalties of the AEPS to continue research and development of the AEPS (Bricker et al., 2010). We call ourselves EMRG which stands for Early Intervention Management and Research Group. Someday I’ll tell the story of how we came upon that name which took place at the CRIEI conference several years ago. Stay tuned.

Reference: Bricker, D., Macy, M., & Dionne, C. (February, 2010). Forming a non-profit research group from product royalties: An EMRGing model for research innovation. Paper presented at the biannual Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention (CRIEI) in San Diego, California.

If you’d like to read more about EMRG click on the bold here.

We provide professional development for early childhood educators on the Assessment, Evaluation, & Programming System (AEPS®). You may contact our publisher directly at 1-800-638-3775 or click on bold link for more AEPS information from our publisher.

The AEPS is translated into Albanian, Chinese, Finnish, French, Korean, and Spanish. 

 AEPS-3 Curriculum & Assessment Tools for Children and their Families

Bricker, D., Dionne, C., Grisham, J., Johnson, J.J., Macy, M., Slentz, K., & Waddell, M. (2022). Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®- 3). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. (Full Kit) ISBN 978-1-68125-518-7

Bricker, D., Dionne, C., Grisham, J., Johnson, J.J., Macy, M., Slentz, K., & Waddell, M. (2022). Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®- 3) User’s Guide (Volume 1). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-68125-519-4

Bricker, D., Dionne, C., Grisham, J., Johnson, J.J., Macy, M., Slentz, K., & Waddell, M. (2022). Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®- 3) Assessment (Volume 2). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-68125-520-0

Bricker, D., Dionne, C., Grisham, J., Johnson, J.J., Macy, M., Slentz, K., & Waddell, M. (2022). AEPS®-3 ready-set. In D. Bricker, C. Dionne, J. Grisham, J.J. Johnson, M. Macy, K. Slentz, & M. Waddell, Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®-3). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-68125-529-3

 Bricker, D., Dionne, C., Grisham, J., Johnson, J.J., Macy, M., Slentz, K., & Waddell, M. (2022). AEPS®-3 quick reference guides. In D. Bricker, C. Dionne, J. Grisham, J.J. Johnson, M. Macy, K. Slentz, & M. Waddell, Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®-3). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-68125-530-9

 Bricker, D., Dionne, C., Grisham, J., Johnson, J.J., Macy, M., Slentz, K., & Waddell, M. (2022). AEPS®-3 family report. In D. Bricker, C. Dionne, J. Grisham, J.J. Johnson, M. Macy, K. Slentz, & M. Waddell, Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®-3). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-68125-528-6

Bricker, D., Dionne, C., Grisham, J., Johnson, J.J., Macy, M., Slentz, K., & Waddell, M. (2022). AEPS®-3 child observation data form. In D. Bricker, C. Dionne, J. Grisham, J.J. Johnson, M. Macy, K. Slentz, & M. Waddell, Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®-3). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-68125-527-9

Bricker, D., Dionne, C., Grisham, J., Johnson, J.J., Macy, M., Slentz, K., & Waddell, M. (2022). AEPS®-3 forms. In D. Bricker, C. Dionne, J. Grisham, J.J. Johnson, M. Macy, K. Slentz, & M. Waddell, Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®-3). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-68125-524-8

Grisham, J., & Slentz, K. (Eds.) (2022). AEPS®-3 curriculum: Beginning (Volume 3). In D. Bricker, C. Dionne, J. Grisham, J.J. Johnson, M. Macy, K. Slentz, & M. Waddell, Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition      (AEPS®-3). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-68125-521-7     

Grisham, J., & Slentz, K. (Eds.) (2022). AEPS®-3 curriculum: Growing (Volume 4). In D. Bricker, C. Dionne, J. Grisham, J.J. Johnson, M. Macy, K. Slentz, & M. Waddell, Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition     (AEPS®-3). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-68125-522-4   

Grisham, J., & Slentz, K. (Eds.) (2022). AEPS®-3 curriculum: Ready (Volume 5). In D. Bricker, C. Dionne, J. Grisham, J.J. Johnson, M. Macy, K. Slentz, & M. Waddell, Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®-3). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. ISBN 978-1-68125-523-1