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Direct linkHeather J. Forbes; Jason C. Travers; Jenee Vickers Johnson – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a popular augmentative and alternative communication intervention for individuals with developmental disabilities that includes six, sequential phases of instruction. We systematically reviewed published and unpublished single-case PECS studies for details about the percentage of participants…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Developmental Disabilities, Pictorial Stimuli, Program Effectiveness
Sarah Ivy; Mary Frances Hanline; Audrey Robbins – Young Exceptional Children, 2024
The purpose of this article is to describe procedures for a team approach to implementing a tangible symbol communication system (TSCS) to support communication skill development of young children with multiple/severe disabilities (MSD). The authors suggest that implementation of a TSCS is a process that includes (a) assessment of child…
Descriptors: Young Children, Multiple Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Holyfield, Christine; Caron, Jessica; Lorah, Elizabeth; Norton, Bailey – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: Students with multiple disabilities who are beginning communicators require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to communicate during school and participate in its academic and social aspects. Triadic gaze is a method for accessing low-tech AAC that minimizes physical demands on access for students with limited mobility, such…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Program Effectiveness
Mallorie H. Caradine – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The present study used a multiple probe across behaviors design, with an embedded alternating treatments design to compare the effects of two modified communication systems, the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and a speech generating device, on requesting for a child with multiple disabilities, including autism and visual impairments.…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Multiple Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Visual Impairments
Holyfield, Christine; Brooks, Sydney; Schluterman, Allison – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is an intervention approach that can promote communication and language in children with multiple disabilities who are beginning communicators. While a wide range of AAC technologies are available, little is known about the comparative effects of specific technology options. Given that…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention, Multiple Disabilities, Communication Skills
Ali, Emad; MacFarland, Stephanie Z.; Umbreit, John – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) program used to teach functional requesting and commenting skills to people with disabilities (Bondy & Frost, 1993; Frost & Bondy, 2002). In this study, tangible symbols were added to PECS in teaching requesting to four students (ages 7-14) with…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Visual Impairments, Multiple Disabilities, Pictorial Stimuli
Lee, Cynthia D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study investigated the results of employing shared story reading during literacy instruction for participants with severe and multiple disabilities. This intervention was conducted in an effort to improve independent responses made by participants with severe and multiple disabilities within a small group on a task analysis during shared…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Intervention, Responses
Ali, Emad – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an augmentative and alternative communication program (Frost & Bondy, 2002). Although PECS has been effectively used to teach functional requesting skills for children with autism, mental retardation, visual impairment, and physical disabilities (e.g., Anderson, Moore, & Bourne, 2007; Chambers &…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Visual Impairments, Physical Disabilities
