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The document is an implementation checklist for the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), designed to assist practitioners in effectively teaching communication skills to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. It outlines various phases of the PECS process, including teaching exchanges, expanding spontaneity, and building sentence structure, along with specific steps to observe and score during implementation. The checklist aims to ensure that all necessary components are addressed during observations to facilitate effective communication training.

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Click ‘Get Form’ to open the PECS checklist in the editor.
Begin by filling in the site and state information at the top of the form. This sets the context for your observations.
Next, enter the teacher's name and learner’s initials. This personalizes your checklist and helps track progress.
For each observation phase, review the steps listed. Use the scoring key (2 for implemented, 1 for partially implemented, 0 for not implemented, NA for not applicable) to assess each step observed during your session.
In the comments section at the end of each phase, record any relevant notes about target skills or next steps based on your observations.

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What does PECS stand for?

So using PECS requires a child to complete an additional step to obtain what they want, even though their communication partner already knows what they want based on their behavior. Seen in this way, it is quite clear that PECS is not teaching communication, but rather that it is teaching compliance.

Why is PECS no longer used?

PECS is typically utilized with children who have not developed vocal language by the age of 2.5-3 years old and are not responding to echoic prompts. If they are not closely trying to say words that are spoken to them, they may be good candidates to begin building language and communication skills via PECS.

What is the PECS protocol?

PECS is an augmentative and alternative (AAC) communication system that has provided many learners with a way to request, develop vocabulary, ask questions and comment. PECS is not just a set of pictures. It is the systematic teaching of these pictures as a functional communication system for all ages and diagnoses.

What is a PECS chart?

The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a type of augmentative alternative communication (AAC) originally developed for children with autism. The primary purpose of PECS is to teach individuals with autism to initiate communication.

What is a PECS test?

The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is based on applied behavior analysis (ABA), and is used to facilitate the development of functional communication skills in children who are not using speech to communicate.

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What are the six stages of PECS?

The Six Phases of the Picture Exchange Communication System Are: PECS PHASE I: How to Communicate. PECS PHASE II: Distance and Persistence. PECS PHASE III: Picture Discrimination. PECS PHASE IV: Sentence Structure. PECS PHASE V: Answering Questions. PECS PHASE VI: Commenting.