Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) may help come children with autism learn to speak.
This study was designed to see if PECS therapy is able to help children with autism learn to speak. Of the 24 students given PECS therapy for 4-5 weeks, 5 learned to speak better. Only one child out of 24 increased the use of spoken words during the time when PECS therapy was not used (control period). These data agree with other studies that found that some children are able to learn to speak with the help of PECS therapy. The authors note that many children with autism are not able to learn to speak via PECS therapy.
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