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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1460-6984.12842

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PECS teaches children to initiate communication

PECS provides a context for teaching pre-verbal skills

You need a prompter to make it work better

Be clear about what the phases are and what you’re working on

Teach communication, not speech

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• Confusion is the no.1 reason for tantrums
• Repeating questions doesn’t help making it clear
• Explain by showing and a lot of doing, not by telling
• For consistency, you need quality repetition
• Saying the word once doesn’t mean it’s consistent

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• It’s the same as learning from the iPad
• No context to use words
• Words are usually nouns
• Non-verbal children have a language use problem, not a vocab problem

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• You’re annoying your child
• You’re teaching your child to ignore you
• Why does the iPad work teaching words and not you?
• Say what you want to hear and do the action
• Provide many successful repetitions

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Finding setting, cues and prompts that work

Getting rid of those cues and prompts

Move skills to real life (generalization)

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• Therapy for Delayed Children has Changed
• Parent-directed and Clinician Coaching
• Done for You Solutions and ABA
• No way is the Right Way, Only More Suitable

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Below 3 years old, do not use communicative devices and focus on teaching communication and play.

Between 3 - 4 years old - you CAN start introducing communication devices as a supplement to teach prelinguistic skills. Only use this if your child is non-verbal and at your therapist’s discretion.

4 years old and up, sit down and decide whether communication devices can be a long-term solution. It depends on what your child’s speech abilities are. Moreover, you have to be 100% on board with using the device at home. The child’s feelings need to be addressed as well, because it will make him/her look different at school. Make sure everyone is on the same page before implementing.

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Children Start Playing with Adults First

Group Therapy

Shadow Teacher