"Brief report: increase in production of spoken words in some children with autism after PECS teaching to Phase III".

Full Abstract

The context for this work was an evaluation study [Carr, D., & Felce, J. A. (in press)] of the early phases of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) [Frost, L. A., & Bondy, A. S. (1994). The picture exchange communication system training manual. Cherry Hill,

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Pyramid Educational Consultants, Inc.; Frost, L. A., & Bondy, A. S. (2004). The picture exchange communication system training manual, 2nd edn. Newark,

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Pyramid Educational Consultants, Inc.]. This paper reports that five of 24 children who received 15 h of PECS teaching towards Phase III over a period of 4-5 weeks, showed concomitant increases in speech production, either in initiating communication with staff or in responding, or both. No children in the PECS group demonstrated a decrease in spoken words after receiving PECS teaching. In the control group, only one of 17 children demonstrated a minimal increase and four of 17 children demonstrated a decrease in use of spoken words after a similar period without PECS teaching.

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Author information

Author/s: Carr, Deborah (D); Felce, Janet (J);

Affiliation: Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities, Division of Psychology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 3BG, S. Wales, UK. debcarr60(-atsign-)hotmail.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of autism and developmental disorders (J Autism Dev Disord), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Apr; vol 37 (issue 4) : pp 780-7

Dates: Created 2007/04/06; Completed 2007/06/08; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 17048094, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Autistic Disorder - diagnosis; therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Discrimination Learning
Education, Special - methods
Female
Humans
Language Development Disorders - diagnosis; therapy

Language Development Disorders - diagnosis; therapy
Male
Manuals as Topic
Nonverbal Communication
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Speech Production Measurement
Treatment Outcome
Wales

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