What do you need for a picture exchange system?
All you need is a magazine full of pictures, a pair of scissors, a looseleaf notebook and some velcro. PECS, on the other hand, can be quite pricey: several hundred dollars for the initial training, hundreds more for ongoing consultations, and so forth.
Is the picture exchange communication system ( PECS ) like Kleenex?
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Within the autism community, the term PECS (usually pronounced “pex”) has become synonymous with picture cards of any type. And, just as “kleenex” has come to mean the same thing as “tissue,” PECS has lost much of its brand association.
Why do I like the picture exchange communication system?
Today I want to focus on one of my favorite methods of introducing communication for students who are either nonverbal or functionally nonverbal (they talk but don’t use language to get their needs met): The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS).
How are people taught to exchange single Pictures?
Individuals learn to exchange single pictures for items or activities they really want. Still using single pictures, individuals learn to generalise this new skill by using it in different places, with different people and across distances. They are also taught to be more persistent communicators.
Individuals learn to exchange single pictures for items or activities they really want. Still using single pictures, individuals learn to generalize this new skill by using it in different places, with different people and across distances. They are also taught to be more persistent communicators.
How does the picture exchange communication system work?
The Picture Exchange Communication System, or PECS, allows people with little or no communication abilities to communicate using pictures. People using PECS are taught to approach another person and give them a picture of a desired item in exchange for that item.
What’s the best thing about PECS picture exchange?
The great thing about PECS is that in order to deliver that message, students have to find the picture and get the communicative partner’s attention in order to make the exchange. If the partner doesn’t take the picture, the communication is not completed.
Why do people with ASD use picture exchange?
This makes the act of communication tangible for the individual. Individuals with ASD often will deliver a message verbally without gaining attention and the message is lost. Or they try once and give up when no one responds.