The effects of usage of PECS method in working with persons with developmental disabilities

Abstract

The PECS protocol involves communication through picture exchange. It takes place in six stages and is primarily designed for persons with autistic spectrum disorder. However, over time, PECS method also found its application in in the population of multiply disabled visually impaired persons. This article presents the results of 11 papers in which the research focus has been the evaluation of the effects of the PECS method in a population of persons with autistic spectrum disorder (six surveys) and/or multiply disabled visually impaired persons (five surveys). For the literature review Service of Serbian Library Consortium for coordinated acquisition - KOBSON and Google Scholar Advanced Search was/has been used.

PECS protokol podrazumeva komunikaciju putem razmene slika. Odvija se kroz šest faza i prvenstveno je namenjen osobama sa poremećajem autističkog spektra. Međutim, tokom vremena, PECS metod je svoju primenu našao i u populaciji osoba koje su višestruko ometene i vizuelno oštećene. U članku je dat prikaz rezultata 11 radova u čijem istraživačkom fokusu je bilo evaluiranje efekata PECS metoda u populaciji osoba sa poremećajem autističkog spektra (šest istraživanja) i/ili višestruko ometenih vizuelno oštećenih osoba (pet istraživanja). Pri pregledu literature korišćen je servis Konzorcijuma biblioteka Srbije za objedinjenu nabavku - KOBSON, kao i Google Scholar Advanced Search.