PECS Program
The PECS program is considered an essential program that activates the communication skills of children with speech delays or who have non-functional or limited language. Due to PECS's effectiveness, it helps children open a channel for communication and understanding their needs, feelings, and desires. The PECS program is based on communicating the needs and desires of a child through pictures, relying on the principle of applied behavioral analysis for children. The child gives a picture to the adult in exchange for getting something they want. For example, If the child wants to get a piece of candy, he takes a picture of the piece of candy and gives it to his father or mother, and then one of them gives him the piece in return.
The importance of the PECS program for children with autism and other communication disorders
The importance of the PECS program is that it is a way to communicate with children who are unable to speak, with the aim of opening a channel of communication and understanding their needs and desires and urging them to ask for those things and helping them get them. Some of those needs are as follows:
Basic needs such as eating, drinking and using the bathroom (self-care).
Expressing their desires such as wanting to play or do a certain activity or go to a certain place.
Expressing their emotions such as feelings of joy, sadness and anger.
As well as many other points that can be trained on in the program, there are no limits to it, and all you have to do is find the appropriate image for the thing or activity or anything else, and train the child on it
Training Program Content
- Introduction to the PECS program and its importance
- Practical training on the six PECS stage
- Training on how to apply the PECS program to activate speech in children
- How to use the principles of applied behavior analysis with the PECS program
- Practical training on designing a PECS file for children
Target group
- Family of autistic children
- Families of Down Syndrome
- Families of people with special needs whose Children have language delay
- Specialists, teachers and interested parties
Registration details
- Workshop Duration : 3 hours for one day
- Workshop is presented in Arabic
- Workshop is practical training
- Workshop is in-person at the headquarters of the association
- Workshop will be on Monday , December 9, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Or from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
- Workshop fees: 30 riyals, including training and a PECS file
- Payment can be made at the Association of Early Intervention or through bank transfer to Bank Muscat, Account Number 0423010744980013
- Please send the payment receipt to this number: 72727785
About the course presenter:
PhD in Special Education and Rehabilitation, holds the American International Board in Applied Behavior More than 20 years of field experience in development and training And holds many Analysis (QBA-IBA) international courses and licenses in the field of disability.
Dr. Muaffaq Aqel
Trainer
PICS Program Stages Stage :
Physical Communication Stage Stage
Distance and Persistence Stage Stage
Image Recognition Stage Stage
Sentence Formation Stage
Modeling and Intensive Practice
Insights about the PECS program
Does the program help with speech?
Through recent scientific studies, the program is very effective in activating verbal and non-verbal communication for children.
Is the program only for autistic children?
The program is not only for autistic children, but for all children who have problems with verbal and non-verbal communication Will the program
Does PECS contribute to reducing the child's behavioral problems? Yes, because most of the child's behavioral
What will be trained in the course? Practical training will be provided on all stages of PECS in addition to training on preparing a special PECS file for trainees
