A Review of Picture Exchange Communication Interventions Implemented by Parents and Practitioners
Child & Family Behavior Therapy
Alsayedhassan, B., Banda, D. R., et al. (2016).
Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 38(3), 191-208.
This systematic review investigates the mastery of picture exchange communication intervention training by parents or practitioners and the effect of training on the improved communication skills of children and young adults on the autism spectrum.
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1990-2014
Experimental group and single-subject design studies
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"Results show that parents and practitioners learned how to implement Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) with a high procedural integrity and maintained the skills learned. Furthermore, results demonstrate that PECS is an effective intervention to teach individuals [on the autism spectrum] functional communication skills such as independent mands, initiations, word vocalizations, and generalization skills. However, due to variability across studies..., it is difficult to draw definite conclusions about practitioners impact on PECS" (p. 202).
