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Title Author
Call Number
Resource Type: Books
The picture exchange communication system Frost, Lori.
694 .510 FRO
training manual 2nd ed.
PECS was first developed for use with preschool children with autism that had little or no speech. For the first
phase there needs to be a reinforcer assessment. This means picking five to eight edibles that the child/student
likes. The items preferred would be picked within five seconds. For those items that were picked at least three
times remove them and conduct assessment with remaining items. This continues until a pool of three to five
preferred items have been determined.
There are diagrams explaining how this system works. The process starts as backward chaining with the trainers
delaying the verbal praise until the student has released the picture into the open hand of the trainer. The helpful
hints in this first phase discuss finding the right symbol system.
Some will use black and white line drawings or product logos. Then the size of the photo is determined, usually
two-inch. The trainer should wear a apron or waist pack to keep the pictures in and purchase lots of velcro!
Phase II has the trainer moving further away from the student and have the student remove the card from the
board and hand to the trainer. The trainer can get up to make the student than have to stand up to hand the card.
Verbal praise is continued with reinforcement while the exchange is in motion. A helpful hint is now to have a
three-ring binder for the cards, as you move to more pictures.
A diagram in the book shows how this process is done in an easy to understand format. Picture-take picture to
materials-materials (no interruptions)-take materials to work area (no interruptions)-activity(no interruptions)-get
reward-finish activity-get reward-put materials away-take picture-go back to schedule.
Picture This! (Rigby Bookweb) Belsham, Nicola
656.727 BEL
The picture world of trucks (Picture world.) Stephen, R. J.
600.728
Spine title: Trucks. Includes index. Examines different kinds of trucks and their roles in the transporting of goods,
including such specialized trucks as oil tankers, container trucks, and tipper trucks.
Pigsty (Scholastic Bookshelf) (Bookshelf) Teague, Mark
FIC .098 TEA
"Wendell went upstairs. Much to his surprise, a large pig was sitting on his bed."Wendell Flutz's room isn't a
mess. It's a total pigsty. But Wendell's mother can't get him to clean it up. Wendell doesn't think the mess is so
awful. In fact, he doesn't even mind it when one day he discovers a real pig sitting on his bed!
An amiable fantasy on a common theme. When Wendell's mother takes a look at his messy room, throws up her
hands in resignation, and tells him he can live in a pigsty if he wants to, he is delighted. What only he knows is
that two pigs have found his room so agreeable that they have moved in. He enjoys playing with them, even
though he has to give them his bed and they hog his pillows and blankets. But even Wendell has his limit, and
when they chew his baseball cards, he reaches it. His mother hands her son a broom, and in a flash of inspiration
he organizes the porkers into a cleaning crew. Finding the room a bit too neat for their liking, they return to the
farm. Wendell, having learned his lesson, keeps his room tidy after that-except for the occasions when the
animals return for a game of Monopoly. Though the premise is not original, it is deftly executed in an appropriately
humorous style that has great child appeal. The acrylic, cartoonlike illustrations evoke a time when boys played
with yo-yos, electric trains, and board games.
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