Instruction using the Picture Exchange Communication Systems (PECS) appears to enhance generalization of communication skills among children with autism in comparison to Responsive Education and Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching (RPMT)1

Thiemann-Bourque, Kathy S.

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2010

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Thiemann-Bourque, Kathy S.

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Taylor & Francis

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Article

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Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript

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Abstract

Which of two methods of training communication skills, PECS or RPMT, produces greater generalization of the use of graphic symbols to communicate in children with ASD?

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention in 2010, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17489539.2011.554004.

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Thiemann-Bourque, K. S. (2010). Instruction using the Picture Exchange Communication Systems (PECS) appears to enhance generalization of communication skills among children with autism in comparison to Responsive Education and Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching (RPMT). Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 4(4), 10.1080/17489539.2011.554004. http://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2011.554004

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