Re: PECS

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Hi! No one that teaches PECS will tell you that it will teach

speech. But as the assitant director of my daughters' new school

said when I spoke to her, BUT it just starts happening. The speech

starts to flow. I know how you feel about worrying about them just

using the pictures and holding the speech back. I felt that way.

But when I work with her with her PECS book I talk about it alot and

use it that way.

My daughter has been using her PECS book for about 2 weeks now and

the change to her speech is AMAZING. She could label everything and

has so many words, but the expressive speech just wasn't coming.

The frustration your son is showing while painful for you, is

showing you that he is smart enough to know that he is not

communicating the way he wants to, the way he sees everyone around

him doing. We went through a very hard time of frustration

ourselves. She is putting together sentences now " I want (fill in

the blank. " And when she is getting frustrated and trying to show

me what she wants, or pulling at my hand and saying " Come on " to

take me to it; I just bend down and tell her to calm down and use

her words, tell me what you want. And now she can tell me... " I want

video, I want time to eat. " , etc. I think that kids that are

verbally delayed are definitely very visual and this lets her be

visual. It is as if something clicked between her seeing the

picture and saying it. I hope this helps you in your decision. Her

school also does a modified version of ABA, that works in

conjunction with the PECS. I

say try anything and everything, cuz not every child learns the same

and your son WILL let you know if it works for him. It is tough

sometimes but I hope my response has helped? (smile) I wish you

well and please let me know how he does. You can email me privately

too if you'd like.

Recently my daughter gave me a huge hug around the neck and then

looked me in the eye and said " I like you. " I hugged her back and

said " I like you too. And I love you more than I can tell you " She

giggled and gave me another huge hug and said " Love you. " I waited

4 years to hear that and it was worth the wait!!! Let me know how

you do and what you decide. Take care! Donna

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> Donna,

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> My son is 4 also and has a huge speech delay. We have a lot of

sounds, but

> only a few true complete words. The school has mentioned PECS

before and

> we're done it some in therapy sessions. I told them last year and

they

> agreed that I did not want to do PECS as he has some sounds and I

didn't

> want it to keep him from making sounds to get what he wants.

However, as

> the frustration grows, I'm considering it again. Did you feel

like it kept

> your daughter from having the need to make sounds and made her

more reliant

> on the pictures? I'd really like to hear your experience.

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> Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

Donna,

My son is 4 also and has a huge speech delay. We have a lot of sounds, but

only a few true complete words. The school has mentioned PECS before and

we're done it some in therapy sessions. I told them last year and they

agreed that I did not want to do PECS as he has some sounds and I didn't

want it to keep him from making sounds to get what he wants. However, as

the frustration grows, I'm considering it again. Did you feel like it kept

your daughter from having the need to make sounds and made her more reliant

on the pictures? I'd really like to hear your experience.

Thanks,