PECS Phase 3a

I'm uploading this video as a parent who was looking for similar videos back when we started with PECS. There aren't many out there so I hope this one helps anyone who is thinking of starting PECS. Sorry for the daggy PJ's I'm wearing - we do most of our PECS sessions/big lessons in the morning!

'C' is my daughter. She was diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum earlier this year. She is almost 4 years old and has no words but many sounds (as you will hear). She's had a rough time with seizures in the past, but she's really going ahead now and is picking up PECS quite well.

In this video 'C' is learning to use Picture Exchange Communication, Phase 3a. In Phase 3a 'C' is learning to discriminate between a picture of a Highly preferred item (mirror) and a non preferred item (sock).

When 'C' exchanges the picture of the sock we do a 4 step error correction procedure; MODEL, PRACTICE, SWITCH, REPEAT.

When she hands over the picture of the sock we MODEL the correct picture by pointing to it. We then PRACTICE choosing the correct picture by covering the incorrect picture with an open hand. At this point we don't exchange the mirror because we want her to choose it independently. We SWITCH her focus (where's your nose/bellybutton - sometimes we sing a quick song). The switch of attention is done so we know she isn't just quickly repeating what was right last time. Finally we REPEAT the exchange.

If, on the repeat, she hands the mirror picture over we praise her and she is then able to play with the mirror. If she hands over the sock picture we go through the 4 step error correction again.

If she makes the same mistake 2-3 times on the repeat we take away the sock option during the SWITCH so that she is able to succeed a couple of times before reintroducing it.

In this video I've put in a few correct exchanges with two 4 step error corrections. In this whole session we had about 20 exchanges with 4 different items (2 preferred and 2 non-preferred).

Since we are teaching her to discriminate between the pictures, I praise her when she picks the correct card with a simple "that's right". Then I name the object upon exchanging it.

NOTE : I'm NOT a PRO at this - I'm a parent who's learning as I go! So any suggestions are great...

Thanks!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• PECS
• Learning
• Tools
• ASD
• Autism
• Communication
• Picture
• Exchange

[Scarletwalls]

thank you for sharing, this helped me greatly in understanding this phase for my assignment about PECS. God bless you and your girl always!

[NannasTeaParty]

This is a very good video. Please upload more material . Thank you .

[emlouise18]

Thanks for sharing P, really enjoyed watching it. You look like youre doing a great job :D