The Early Intervention Management and Research Group (EMRG) is a non-profit organization established to address two general objectives: 1) oversee the future development of the AEPS®, and 2) refine and enhance the AEPS through the conduct of descriptive and empirical research.
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To support EMRG for addressing the general objectives, a legal arrangement has been made with the AEPS publisher, Brookes Publishing. AEPS® authors have also agreed to direct their royalties from AEPS products to EMRG. These funds are to be used to manage decision-making associated with the AEPS and to conduct further research to improve and enhance the AEPS®.

​As required by non-profit 501 (c) (6) guidelines, EMRG is managed by a board of directors.

Meet EMRG Board Members

The current EMRG board is composed of 10 members

Diane Bricker, PhD

Professor Emerita
Early Intervention Program, University of Oregon

Ching-I Chen, PhD

Associate Professor
Special Education Program,
​Kent State University

Carmen Dionne, PhD

Professor/UNESCO Chairholder
Department of Psychoedution,
University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières

Jennifer Grisham, EdD

Professor/Lab School Director
Department of Early Childhood, Special Education and Counselor Education, University of Kentucky

JJ Johnson, PhD

Professor Emerita
Department of Child and Family Studies, St. Cloud State University

Marisa Macy, PhD

John P. Ellbogen Foundation Professor of
Early Childhood Education,
​University of Wyoming

Naomi Rahn, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Special Education
University of Wisconsin Whitewater

Kris Slentz, PhD

Professor Emerita
Department of Special Education and Educational Leadership
West Washington University

Misti Waddell, MS

Senior Research Assistant/Supervisor
Early Intervention Program
University of Oregon

Brooke Winchell, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Special Education
University of Wisconsin Whitewater

​​NAME	AFFILIATION	​LOCATION	CONTACT INFORMATION
Diane Bricker​	University of Oregon - Emerita	Eugene, OR	​[email protected]
​Ching-I Chen	​Kent State University	​Kent, OH	​[email protected]
​Carmen Dionne	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, Canada	[email protected]
Jennifer Grisham	​University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY	[email protected]
JJ Johnson	​​St. Cloud State University - Emerita	​St. Cloud, MN	[email protected] ​[email protected]
Marisa Macy	​University of Wyoming	​Laramie, WY	​[email protected]
​Naomi Rahn	​University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	​Whitewater, WI	​​[email protected]
Kristine Slentz	​West Washington University - Emerita	​Bellingham, WA	[email protected]
Misti Waddell	​University of Oregon	​Eugene, OR	[email protected]​
​Brooke Winchell	​University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	​​Whitewater, WI	​​[email protected]