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ERIC Number: EJ650457
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
Brief Report: Increasing Communication Skills for an Elementary-Aged Student with Autism Using the Picture Exchange Communication System.
Kravits, Tamara R.; Kamps, Debra M.; Kemmerer, Katie; Potucek, Jessica
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v32 n3 p225-30 Jun 2002
Effects of the Picture Exchange Communication System on the spontaneous communication skills and social interactions of a 6-year-old girl with autism across her home and school environments were evaluated. Results indicated increases in spontaneous language, increases in intelligible verbalizations in two of three settings, and changes in peer social interaction in one of two school settings. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Case Studies, Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Nonverbal Communication, Outcomes of Treatment, Pictorial Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Picture Exchange Communication System