What Books do you recommend to learn more about PECS?

[Bonnie Sayers]

I started with the Pecs Manual. My favorite is the Activity Book for Teaching Autistic Children, which I shared with Elementary Teacher, AAC and Speech Therapist. I like the visuals in this book. This past summer I purchased A Visual Recipe Cookbook for Non Readers and then learned that the summer autism camp my kids attend has copies in the classroom for their cooking sessions.

The Take a Shower poster is still on the wall in the bathroom, used as a reminder. These are books I have in my home library and need to explore more in depth:

Meaningful Exchanges For People With Autism: An Introduction To Aug...

A Picture's Worth: PECS and Other Visual Communication Strategies i...

Visual Supports for People with Autism: A Guide for Parents and Pro...

Activity Schedules for Children With Autism: Teaching Independent B...

All these books are part of the Topics in Autism Series. There are several other books in this series worth checking out. that cover behavior and independence.

[Sherryl Williams]

The Picture Exchange Communication System training manual by Lori Frost is a good basic manual. Unfortunately it is hard to use if you have not been to the training. It also expects every one to follow it exactly with out modification. I work with very low functioning students who would never progress form phase 1 if I did not modify it to some extent.