The Impact of the Picture Exchange Communication System on Requesting and Speech Development in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Similar Characteristics

Autor/inn/en	Ganz, Jennifer B.; Simpson, Richard L.; Corbin-Newsome, Jawanda
Titel	The Impact of the Picture Exchange Communication System on Requesting and Speech Development in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Similar Characteristics
Quelle	In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2 (2008) 1, S.157-169 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-9467
DOI	10.1016/j.rasd.2007.04.005
Schlagwörter	Sentences; Autism; Preschool Children; Speech Skills; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Communication Problems; Language Impairments; Communication Skills; Program Effectiveness; Visual Stimuli; Visual Discrimination; Nonverbal Communication; Augmentative and Alternative Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Autismus; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; Kommunikationsbarriere; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Kommunikationsstil; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation
Abstract	By definition children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience difficulty understanding and using language. Accordingly, visual and picture-based strategies such as the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) show promise in ameliorating speech and language deficits. This study reports the results of a multiple baseline across participants investigating the implementation of the PECS with three preschool children with characteristics of ASD. The first four phases of PECS were taught to the participants: basic picture exchange, increasing distance use of PECS, discriminating among a variety of pictures, and communicating in sentences composed of pictures. Relative to the impact of PECS's implementation in providing the participants with a functional communication system, word approximations, and intelligible word and phrase use, results indicated that two of the three participants mastered PECS. However, participants did not significantly increase in use of word approximations and intelligible words. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10