The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS): What do the data say?

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-103

  Sulzer Azaroff, Beth ^a,b   Hoffman, Anne O ^b   Horton, Catherine B ^b   Bondy, Andrew ^b   Frost, Lori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Pyramid Educational Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

PECS; Picture Exchange Communication System; Research trends and issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMMUNICATION AID; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SPEECH DISORDER;

EID: 65149106040     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088357609332743     Document Type: Article

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