Louisa Leaman "Say What You See"

Today’s link is for Louisa Leaman’s article for TES Connect, on The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2616033

She writes "It uses symbols and pictures to help children with autism communicate and express their wants and needs." and explains "Pecs works through six different phases: from this simple picture exchange up to pupils being able to talk about things around them unprompted, or answering a teacher's question.”

Since we were late in obtaining a diagnosis, we weren’t aware about the value of the PECS system until after M became more verbal. We did however use some Makaton signs http://www.makaton.org/, which helped to visually support his speech.

The second link is to Judith Betchette's article/parent's view of PECS written for the NAS;

http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1384&a=3730

The final two link are links for PECS resources;
http://www.pyramidproducts.com/ and http://www.pecs.org.uk/shop/asp/default.asp