[POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: Re: Fwd: Special schools (UK)

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that is awesomely brainless - wow. But as you say, that's not what

PECS is meant to be. Tom started using much more language when he had

the option of the pecs. Now he has words for all the things he really

wants and hardly uses pecs at all. Also sadly the list of things he

really wants is not that long yet but at least he has enough

expressive language to make loud demands (sometimes with menaces)

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> > Dont let them do what they did to a friend of mine whose child asked

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> > > for some water in class. She said this verbally, nice and clear. She

> > > was (now get this) asked to go and get her PECS water picture. I

mean

> > > talk about stuffing this child's words back in her mouth.

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> > The same happened to my friend whose little boy asked for bubbles. He

> > said it and signed it but they made him find the correct picture

for it.

> > My friend was visiting to see if the school had potential and this

put

> > her off.

> > Sara

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