Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) was developed in 1985 as a unique augmentative/ alternative training package that teaches children and adults with autism and other communication deficits to initiate communication.

PECS at a glance
Phase I
Teaches students to initiate communication right from the start by exchanging a single picture for a highly desired item.
Phase II
Teaches students to be persistent communicators- to actively seek out their pictures and to travel to someone to make a request.
Phase III
Teaches students to discriminate pictures and to select the picture that represents the item they want.
Phase IV
Teaches students to use sentence structure to make a request in the form of “I want _____.”
Phase V
Teaches students to respond to the question “What do you want?”
Phase VI
Teaches students to comment about things in their environment both spontaneously and in response to a question.

To learn more about PECS, visit the website. There could be a workshop planned for your area.
http://www.pecs.com/