Ongoing Q&A about scoring and using the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System (AEPS).
Question: Do you really give a 0 for not observed? We will score it based off of parent report if we didn't elicit it during the play session.
Question: Modification vs assistance. How do you score a child who is in a wheelchair, etc?
Question: When they ask for a number (i.e. uses 15 objects and or event labels) - in the test they gave her a “1” because she labeled 2 items, we gave her a “0”
Answers to questions 1-3 above:
Question: You also mentioned that the present level that the AEPSi generates (score of 2, etc.) is not something that should just be copied and put into a present level on an IEP but rather it should be used to guide our present levels. Is putting that information into more of paragraph sentence form would be more appropriate?
Answer: Writing a good present level, whether from the AEPS or by using other tools is a bit of an art. I have an entire course on writing meaningful IEPs for ECSE, and one of the lessons is on writing the present level. Click here to access the lesson for free. After listening to the training video, I think the answer to the question will be much clearer.
Question: There were many different questions about what the scores of 2, 1, and 0 mean, why certain goals are scored a 0 or 1 even if some of the objectives are scored a 2, and a few questions from those who have completed the interrater reliability training for the AEPS.
Answer: Here are links to a few things that were recorded quite some time ago (the productive quality isn't great and there might be a few dated URLs) and from a list of specific questions from a team in MI.
I'm sharing these previously recorded resources because I think, while a bit dated, they will give you a foundation for understanding the scoring system used within the AEPS.
- Link to an audio recording where I took several questions about scoring and explained the rationale behind the scoring decisions.
- AEPS and scoring notes [YouTube]
- Scoring the AEPS with numbers [YouTube]
