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Communication Skills Training

Empowering nonverbal autistic children to communicate effectively through PECS and play-based methods.

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A black and white comic panel showing a person conversing with a dolphin in the water. Dialogue balloons contain text, one of which describes various meanings of the word 'Tikiti', and another commenting on how communication depends on the movement of a tail. The setting suggests an interaction involving communication with animals, probably in the context of understanding or language exploration.
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A wooden table features three cards spread out. One card shows an image of a child wearing jeans and a gray shirt, with hands in pockets. Another card displays an old, weathered doll face. The third card, placed diagonally, has the text 'POINTS OF YOU' printed on it. The colors are warm and subdued, with a focus on browns and grays.
Online Meeting

In the case you would like to schedule an adhoc online meeting with me throughout the programme for questions or advice, I can provide this additional support at an additional costs of £30.

The session can cover:

  • General Q&A

  • Specific advice

  • Live demonstrations

Home Sessions

Each session will be structured, designed to help children learn and use PECS for better communication and expression. This would be achieved through modelling and play-based learning. The type of activities/play will be based on the other skills your chilld needs to develop.

  • I offer 6 hours per package.

  • £65 per hour. Minimum of 1.5 or 2 hours per week.

  • The package includes PEC books and unlimited picture cards.

PECS Training

The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a method of communicating with people who have little, or no spoken language, by using pictures instead of words.

PECS can be introduced to very young children, who are usually taught with hand-over-hand support how to select one particular picture, i.e. of a drink of water, and exchange the picture for the object, in this case the drink.

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A young child wearing a patterned onesie is interacting with colorful alphabet blocks on a table. An adult sitting beside the child is supporting them, dressed in a navy blue shirt with an embroidered logo. The scene conveys a sense of learning or playtime in a bright, softly-lit room.
Four colorful toy building blocks are placed on a black background. The blocks are rectangular with rounded pegs on top. They are in different colors: orange, pink, blue, and green.
Four colorful toy building blocks are placed on a black background. The blocks are rectangular with rounded pegs on top. They are in different colors: orange, pink, blue, and green.

Playful Learning

Engaging activities to teach communication in a fun way.

The Six Phases of the Picture Exchange Communication System Are:

PECS PHASE I: How to Communicate The child learns to exchange single pictures for items or activities they really want.


PECS PHASE II: Distance and Persistence Still using single pictures, the child with autism learn to generalize this new skill by using it in different places, with different people and across distances.

PECS PHASE III: Picture Discrimination The child learns to select from two or more pictures to ask for their favorite things.

PECS PHASE IV: Sentence Structure
The child learns to construct simple sentences on a detachable sentence strip.


PECS PHASE V: Answering Questions
The child learns to use PECS to answer the question.


PECS PHASE VI: Commenting The child is taught to comment in response to questions such as, What do you see?

Autism Voice Unlocked transformed my child's communication skills! The PECs method is engaging and effective, reducing frustration and enhancing our daily interactions. Highly recommend!

Sarah M.

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A large white puzzle piece is centered against a bright yellow background. The text 'How can we help?' is written in black, elegant script on the puzzle piece.

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