Sep 23, 20 for those of you engaged in a pecs protocol, a helpful cheat sheet care of depaul university with some additionsedits. The national professional development center on autism spectrum disorders, the waisman center, the university of wisconsin. Printable pecs book pages autism behavior communication. Jan 01, 2002 picture exchange communication system training manual pecs frost, lori, bondy, andrew on. Pecs,having phases, uses cards to learn alphabets, words and makesentences using them and then move to motion, emotion and then sentence making structure. These are placed in a communication book a ring binder with velcro strips allowing pictures to be stored and easily removed for communication. Pecs manual and other resources to make implementation more efficient. These are placed in a pecs communication book a ringed binder with selfadhesive hook fastener strips where pictures are stored and easily removed for communication.
Keystone learning services does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. Patterns in prt and pecs 300 350 400 e score50 0 50 100 150 200 250 prt participants pecs participants treatment condition cdi spoken words chang overall mean change score 72. Apr 29, 2017 policeman keeps us safe safety tips little angel nursery rhymes and kids songs duration. Distance and persistence the objective for phase 2 as set out by the picture exchange communication system training manual available from pyramid education is. The picture exchange communication system, or pecs, is a form of. Effectiveness of the pecs phase iii app and choice between the app and traditional pecs among preschoolers with asd. Picture exchange communication system pecs pyramid. Picture exchange communication system pecs pecs implementation checklist. Pecs phases, pecs phase 2, pecs phase 5, pecs phase 1, pecs system, pecs phase 4. The student first needs to go to a communication book and select the picture of the desired item from a few different pictures.
Pecs and the pyramid approach pecs and the pyramid approach. The goal in this phase is to teach the student to choose from all the pictures on or in the book. Whole book is in in black and grey to save on colour ink when mass copying or printing. Pecs part 2 picture exchange communication system kisn is funded through the kansas state department of educations special education services by a title vib grant. Pecs phase 3 picture discrimination the autism page. Mar 27, 2014 pecs phase 1guidelines and steps cheatsheet. The system goes on to teach discrimination of pictures and how to put them together in sentences. Use a highly reinforcing item paired with a nonreinforcing item. There is a pdf for each book so saves scrolled through trying to find the one you need. Pecs consists of six phases and begins by teaching an individual to give a single picture of a desired item or action to a communicative partner who immediately honors the exchange as a request.
To do this we first need to identify what exactly the individual wants, those things for which heshe would be willing to make a request. Picture exchange communication system pecs what is it. In phase 3b the student will demonstrate a correspondence between the. Implementation checklist for pecs autism internet modules. There is no talking phase 1 you also asked do you want. Teaching the physically assisted exchange the goal of phase 1 is for the learner with asd to look at, reach for, pick up, and hand the picturesymbol to. Steps for implementation page 4 of 16 national professional development center on asd 102010 tips for implementing phase 1 many opportunities are provided for practice, and exchanges should be fun for the student.
Pecs training is only provided locally 12 times per year and it is. Is your learner ready to transition from pecs to sgd. Then, he or she should go to the communication partner and give them the picture. The student goes to his her communication book, pulls the picture off, goes to the trainer, gets the trainers attention. The helper begins by placing the i want symbol on the left side of the sentence strip and waiting for the child to choose a picture symbol from hisher communication board or book. Pecs phases 4 to 6 and fun interactive books speech and. Nareena soomro and safeeullah soomro, autism childrens app using pecs, annals of emerging tech nologies in computing. A guide for patients about the picture exchange communication system pecs phase three picture discrimination we can help develop the childs communication so the child learns to choose between two or more pictures to ask for their favourite things from their communication book. Simple discrimination 4 step correction attach 2 pictures at a time to front of communication book. Picture exchange communication system pecs picture exchange communication system. Phase ii distance and persistence still using single pictures, students learn to generalise this new skill by using it in different places, with different people and across distances. The learner will be taught to transport the book to all settings beginning in phase ii.
The picture exchange communication system training manual 2. This pictureready pecs communication book is made of a thick, poly plastic material that is smooth to the touch, yet extremely durable. How to communicate individuals learn to exchange single pictures for. Phase iii picture discrimination students learn to select from two or more pictures to ask for their favourite things. As the learner is able to discriminate between two or more pictures, add pictures to increase the.
Picture exchange communication system national professional development center on asd 2016 1 this practice guide. Feb 28, 2016 there is a book from each vowel diagraph apart from earairure which are combined in one book. Phase 2 distance and persistence gradually increase distance from the student the physical prompter should physically prompt students to get their pecs book teach students to carry their book remove subtle prompts dont say get your book get a students pecs book for them leave their pecs book behind the communication. Entice with a preferred and nonpreferred item start with things they strongly dislike student then chooses between 2 pictures give the student the object that corresponds with the picture they chose even if you believe. The picture exchange communication system pecs an overview karitssa fernandez, m. Activities super searcher page 2 find 10 given words that contain the. Pdf effectiveness of the pecs phase iii app and choice.
Pecs has a clear programme to follow, divided into six phases beginning with using single pictures to communicate their needs, students are then taught to discriminate, or choose, between a variety of pictures and then to construct increasingly complex sentences. We dont share voices, so our students should not be required to share the communication books. Nov 27, 2010 clinical trial phase 3 and 4 by sanchit rastogi friday, january 30, 2015 1icri,dehradun 2. Picture discrimination individuals learn to select from two or more pictures to ask for their favourite things. One picture should be a known, highly reinforcing item or an item appropriate for the situation.
Picture exchange communication system pecs pecs module page 4 of 6. Jul 30, 2015 pecs demonstration of phases 1, 2, and 3 erin brady. This may not be trademarkworthy of pecs, but it works. The back of the book is longer than the front to accommodate the sentence strip. This phase is similar to phase 1 in that it requires two adults. If you want to know more about making pecs cards or what to include in a communication book check out my post on making and storing pecs cards. As we view the pecs communication book as equivalent to the learners voice, each learner will need to have their own communication book. The child will request a desired item by going to a communication board or book, selecting a picture from.
The child and the implementer sat at a table or on the floor facetoface with both the pecs communication book and the ipad between them. It is time to move to phase 4 when the learner is able to use 12 to 20 pictures and is able to discriminate among them to select the desired item. A guide for patients about the picture exchange communication. When beginning phase 3, the communication book will only include two picturessymbols. See more ideas about pecs training, speech and language and picture exchange communication system. Since pecs phase iii was the only phase that had been published by the app developer, pecs phase iii was preidentified as the terminal phase in this study. Teaching simultaneous discrimination of picturesdiscrimination correction procedure 1. These are placed in a communication book a ring binder with velcro strips where pictures are stored and easily removed for communication. The 8 best video examples of the phases of pecs pecs. The picture exchange communication system pecs an overview. Steps for implementation page 4 of 16 national professional development center on asd 102010 tips for implementing phase 1 many opportunities are provided for.
The phases of the picture exchange system pecs phase i the first lesson we want to teach in the pecs program is to spontaneously request items or activities. Pecs cheatsheets and progress monitoringfreebies last year, one of my kiddos has a speech evaluation and it was determined that we should try to use pecs picture exchange communication system with him. Communication book pyramid educational consultants. Workshops, consulting services and resources to improve the skills and lives of people with autism and other communication difficulties. The phases of the picture exchange system pecs phase i. Pecsphase i general guidelines communicative partner guidelines physical prompter guidelines training must occur across a range of activities training must occur with a variety of trainers otraining must occur with a variety of reinforcers arrange environment effectively o pictures available 1 at a time. These are placed in a communication book, a ring binder with velcro strips where pictures are stored and easily removed for communication. First conduct a reinforcer assessment what the student likes to eat, drink, activities, social games, places, people, free time activities. The communication partner opens herhis hand after the learner. When beginning phase 3, the communication book will only include two.
I am not sure how many readers have used pecs in their classrooms but i find it to be very complicated. Student will go to hisher communication book board, pull the picture of the desired item off, take it to the communication partner and release it in the partners hand. This section describes the process of using pecs and each phase of instruction. A communication book should be used during this phase. Phase 3 also known as therapeutic confirmatory trials randomized controlled multicenter trials on large patient groups 3003,000 or more depending upon the diseasemedical condition studied safety,drug interactions are accessed on. Sentence structure individuals learn to construct simple sentences on a detachable sentence. Picture exchange communication system training manual pecs. Lori frost, certificate of clinical competencespeech language pathologists cccslp and in. The pictures and sentence strip are all stored in a portable communication book. The second picture is a nonpreferred or unrelated item. Pyramid educational consultants home of pecs and the.
Partner moves away from student requiring student to get up and move toward the partner. The effects of pecs teaching to phase iii on the communicative interactions between children. Effectiveness of the pecs phase iii app and choice between. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.
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