Using PECS with Children with Autism and Severe Learning Difficulties: Classroom Experience
Keywords:
PECS, Picture Exchange Communications System, Autism, ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Severe Learning Difficulties, Language and Communication, Support ResourcesAbstract
The author describes her experience of using a specific approach to teaching language and communication skills to pupils with severe learning difficulties and autism. The Picture Exchange Communications System (PECS) was used with varying degrees of success.
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