Predictors of Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Although the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) has been demonstrated to be an effective intervention to teach people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder a functional communication system, the research indicates variability in PECS outcomes across people and studies. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to explore child characteristics and treatment variables that may explain the variation in, and potentially predict, PECS outcomes.

Method

A total of 22 children and youth diagnosed with autism or a related developmental disorder, all of whom scored substantially below average on standardized measures of cognitive and adaptive abilities, participated in a PECS intervention.

Results

Participants who achieved high phases of PECS

SUBMITTER: Koudys J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10748685 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature