PECS

Question 1

PECS

Answer 1

-“The Picture Exchange
Communication System or PECS
approach is a modified applied
behavior analysis program
designed for early nonverbal
symbolic communication training.
It is not a program designed to
teach speech, although the latter is
encouraged indirectly and some
children begin to spontaneously
use speech while enrolled in the
PECS program.”

• 6 Phases
• PECS is a system, not a symbol.

Question 2

Phase 1

Answer 2

-The Physical Exchange

• The child is taught to exchange single
  pictures for items he or she really wants.

Question 3

Phase 2

Answer 3

• Expanding spontaneity
• – Distance and persistence
• The child learns to generalize the new skill by using it in different places, with different
  people, and across distances.

Question 4

Phase 3

Answer 4

• Picture Discrimination

-The child learns to select from two or pictures that are now placed in a
communication book.

Question 5

Phase 4

Answer 5

• Sentence Structure
• The child learns to construct simple sentences using an “I want” picture followed
  by a picture of their request.

Question 6

Phase 5

Answer 6

• Responding to questions
• The child learns to use pictures to
  respond to “What do you want?” or
  “What do you see?”

Question 7

Phase 6

Answer 7

• Spontaneous Commenting
• The child is taught to comment in
  response to these questions and make up their own sentences.