Fw: [VerbalBehavior] Sign Language versus PECS

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From: Branaman

Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:30 PM

To: VerbalBehavior

Subject: Re: [VerbalBehavior] PECS

I am a Speech and Language Pathologist, and I firmly believe in using PECs,signing and verbal speech together, as we called "Total Communication" withsign and speech previously. My belief is to expose them to all modes ofcommunication to optimize language acquisition, and accept all modes theygive you back, including a mixture! Informal Gestures fit in this mixalso.On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:27 PM, wheelertrio2002<wheelertrio2002>wrote:>>> I have always leaned towards signing with my daughter (7, nonverbal, severe> Autism). My interest was just peaked by a Speech Therapist recentely in> using PECS. She loaned me the training manual and I was so surprised to see> it is based on Verbal Behavior. My daughter has about 25 signs but really> doen not use them spontaneously despite years of ABA training. I am thinking> maybe we should give PECS a try but am struggling a bit with how to> incorporate it without losing her signs. Would love any opininions or ideas> you may have.>> >-- "I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical.Even God had some Autistic moments, which is why the planets allspin." ~ Jerry Newport