PECS

Earlier this month, Ryker's teacher made a home visit to show me how he is using PECS (picture exchange communication system) at school. Last year when we had in-home therapy, the speech therapist started us out with large digital photos to use around the house and he did well. In school, they use the PECS system to communicate and they also use it for their picture schedules. He is really getting the hang of it, so a couple months ago Mrs. K made us a PECS binder and we started using digital images of some of his favorite toys. He did so well with that, so we are able to move on to the symbols and smaller pictures. We use PECS for snack time only, as we're trying not to overwhelm him with a bunch of new things right now. After we feel he has mastered that, we will move on to other things. We are so, so excited about this- it has opened up a whole new world for him because he can start communicating with us!