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Adkins, T. & Axelrod, S. (2002). Topography‐versus selection‐based responding: Comparison of mand acquisition in each modality.

The Behavior Analyst Today, 2, 259‐266.
Abstract: This study examined the acquisition of a mand repertoire by one child with pervasive developmental disorder and ADHD. The subject was taught to request preferred items using American Sign Language (a topography based response form) and the Picture Exchange Communication System (a selection‐based form). There were four types of sessions: (1) training session for PECS, (2) training session for sign language, (3) test for generalization of the PECS words, and (4) test for generalization for the sign words. Read More...

Agius, M. & Vance, M. (2015). A comparison of PECS and iPad to teach requesting to pre-schoolers with autistic spectrum disorders.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Nov 20, 1-11.
Abstract: Few studies have compared the efficacy of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and iPads used as speech generating devices (SGDs), and none have targeted preschoolers. This study compares the relative efficacy of PECS and an iPad/SGD with three preschool-aged children with autism spectrum disorder and limited functional speech who lived in Malta. Read More...

Almeida, M., Piza, M., & LaMonica, D. (2005). Adaptation of the picture exchange communication system in a school context (original title: Adaptações do sistema de comunicação por troca de figuras no contexto escolar)

Pró‐Fono Revista de Atualização Científica, Barueri (Spanish), 17, 233‐240.
Abstract: Background: alternative communication. Aim: to evaluate the efficacy of the adapted PECS and Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) in the communication of a child with cerebral palsy. Read More...

Alsayedhassan, B., Banda, D. & Griffin-Shirley, N. (2020). Training parents of children with autism to implement the picture exchange communication intervention

Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders, 5, 31-41. Abstract: Purpose: We investigated the effects of behavioral skills training package with parents to use picture exchange communication system (PECS) with their children...

Alsayedhassan, B., Lee, J., Banda, D. Kim, K. & Griffin-Shirley, N. (2019): Practitioners’ perceptions of the picture exchange communication system for children with autism

Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation, 41. https://DOI:10.1080/09638288.2019.1620878. Abstract: Background: Autism spectrum disorder impacts social-communication. Picture Exchange Communication System is one of the methods to...

Anderson, A., Moore, D. & Bourne, T. (2007). Functional Communication and Other Concomitant Behavior Change Following PECS Training: A Case Study.

Behaviour Change, 24, 1–8.
Abstract: The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is widely used to teach children with language delays, including those with autism, functional language. A feature of PECS is that it incorporates principles deemed by some to be pivotal, leading to broader behaviour change. Read More...

Angermeier, A., Schlosser, R., Luiselli, J., Harrington, C., & Carter, B., (2008). Effects of iconicity on requesting with the Picture Exchange Communication System in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2, 430–446.
Abstract: Research on graphic symbol learning suggests that symbols with a greater visual resemblance to their referents (greater iconicity) are more easily learned. The iconicity hypothesis has not yet been explored within the intervention protocol of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). Within the PECS protocol, participants do not point to a symbol but exchange the symbol for an object. Read More...

Avagyan, A. (2019). Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) as a connected speech development tool for children from immigrant families in Armenia

The Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 19, 37-44. Abstract: Alternative methods of communication skill development, such as Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), are often used in speech...

Barbosa, R., de Oliveira, A., de Lima Antão, J., Crocetta, T., Guarnieri, R., Antunes, T., Arab, C., Massetti, T., Bezerra, I., de Mello Monteiro, C. & de Abreu, L. (2018). Augmentative and alternative communication in children with Down’s syndrome: a systematic review

BMC Pediatrics, 11, doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1144-5. Abstract: Background: The use of technology to assist in the communication, socialization, language, and motor skills of children with Down’s syndrome (DS) is required. The aim...

Barlow, K., Tiger, J., Slocum, S. & Miller, S. (2013). Comparing acquisition of exchange‐based and signed mands with children with autism.

The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 29, 59-69.
Abstract: Therapists and educators frequently teach alternative‐communication systems, such as picture exchanges or manual signs, to individuals with developmental disabilities who present with expressive language deficits. Read More...

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