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A Teacher's Year of Battles, Breakthroughs, and Life-Changing Lessons at Belchertown State School
The year is 1969, and fresh-out-of-college smart-aleck Howard Shane has just landed his first teaching job—at Belchertown State School, a bleak institution where people with disabilities endure endless days of silence, tedium, and neglect.
Comprehensive and reader‐friendly, this Users Guide gives early childhood professionals the practical knowledge they need to use the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®‐3) accurately and effectively.
For use after the AEPS®‐3 Test, the AEPS®‐3 Curriculum is an activity‐based, multitiered curriculum that helps professionals support every childs development with differentiated instruction in eight developmental areas: fine motor, gross motor, adaptive, social‐emotional, social‐communication, cognitive, literacy, and math.
Widely adopted across the U.S. and around the world, Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) is a research‐based coaching framework for supporting early childhood practitioners use of evidence‐informed teaching practices. This book—created by the respected developers of the PBC framework
For use with the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®‐3), the AEPS®‐3 Family Report helps families to share important, useful information about the child and family needs, as well as family concerns and priorities.
For use with the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®‐3), the AEPS®‐3 Child Observation Data Form (CODF) helps professionals gather child assessment data in all 8 AEPS-3 developmental areas across 3 time periods.
For use with the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®‐3), the AEPS®‐3 Ready‐Set form helps professionals gather child assessment data on skills needed for school readiness and early school success.
For use with the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®‐3), the AEPS®‐3 Quick Reference Guides are handy, on‐the‐go guides that provide all AEPS®‐3 Test items and criteria in a clear, convenient format.
Provides comprehensive guidance on the why and how of systematic instruction (SI), an evidence-based teaching approach rooted in applied behaviour analysis. This edition includes updated research, fully revised chapters with a wealth of practical recommendations, detailed sample lesson plans, and robust online faculty materials.
