PECS is a type of Augmentative and Alternative Communication that uses visual symbols to teach the learner to communicate with parents, carers, teachers and peers. The aim is to teach intentional, functional communication and to allow users to communicate their wants and needs.

Why do we promote the use of PECS?

Why do we promote the use of PECS with some clients who communicate using words but still have speech, language, or social communication delay? PECS promotes initiation and spontaneous communication that maybe absent in clients who communicate with words.

How can PECS assist a person in achieving success?

PECS is a program to assist children to develop a communication system that allows them to meet various needs. Suitable candidates for the program include children who do not speak, who are unintelligible, or who are minimally effective communicators with their present communication system.