Pécs

PECS stands for Picture Exchange Communication System, and is typically used as an aid for autistic children.

Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a great tool in helping non verbal children and non verbal children with autism communicate without words. PECS are used in a variety of ways – starting with pictures – to allow the child to make choices and communicate needs. When children can communicate and express their needs often behaviors can be minimalzed and you have a much happier child.

PECS can be used in several ways to have the ASD child communicate to you and for you to provide visual schedules and communicate with them in a way that is easy to understand and organize. PECS typically will start with pictures of desired objects (such as food, places, people) and move over time to pictures with sentence strips (for example; I want cookies) then move from pictures to words. PECS can also be used to create schedule boards for providing a visual schedule of the child’s day.

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