1. Which components of the Picture Exchange Communication System differentiates it from other alternative communication systems?
A. It uses symbols or icons. B. It teaches individuals to initiate communicative exchanges. C. What the child likes and is likely to request. D. The child’s ability to make eye contact.
2. Before beginning PECS training what important information must be gathered?
A. How much speech the child already has. B. The child’s age. C. What the child likes and is likely to request. D. The child’s ability to make eye contact.
3. What does the trainer NOT want to ask the child when the PECS training is in its first phases?
A. “What do you want?” B. “Show me what you want?” C. “Do you want this?” D. d. All of the above-no verbal prompts should be given during the early phases of training.
4. Asking “What do you want?” is never allowed during PECS training.
True False
5. When the child is able to select a preferred item from a display of more than one picture or symbol, it is said he is able to:
A. discriminate B. differentiate C. disseminate D. depreciate
6. What can you do to be sure that the item the child is requesting is truly the item he wants?
A. Give him the item he requests and wait to see if he holds it or throws it B. Show him a small selection of the materials, including the one he requested, and tell him “Take it.” If he chooses the one he requested with the symbol, you can assume that is what he wanted. C. Don't give him anything and have him repeat the request.
7. Using a system such as PECS discourages learning to talk.
8. What was one of the unexpected outcomes of the use of PECS with nonverbal preschool children as documented in studies? (Bondy & Frost, 1994; Schwartz, Garfinkle, & Bauer, 1998)
A. Children learned to read B. Verbal skills developed and increased C. Imitative skills increased
