Two young boys with autism who used the picture exchange communication system were taught to solve problems (improvise) by using descriptors (functions, colors, and shapes) to request desired items for which specific pictures were unavailable. The results of a multiple baseline across descriptors showed that training increased the number of improvised requests, and that these skills generalized...

The effectiveness of a behavioral skills training (BST) package to teach the implementation of the first three phases of the picture exchange communication system (PECS) was evaluated with 3 adults who had no history teaching any functional communication system. A multiple baseline design across participants was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the training package, which consisted of a vi...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the potential moderating effects of intervention setting and type of aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) on outcome variables for students with autism spectrum disorders. METHODS Improvement rate difference, an effect size measure, was used to calculate aggregate effects across 35 single-case research studies. RE...

BACKGROUND Alternative communication. AIM To evaluate the efficacy of the adapted Pecs and Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) in the communication of a child with cerebral palsy. METHOD The participant of this study was a 9 year and 10 months old girl, with athetoid quadriplegia. All stages of the adapted Pecs were applied (Walter, 2000), using the PCS pictures (Johnson, 1998), associated ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the use of a picture archiving and communication system and user satisfaction in order to further improve its quality. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Medical college hospital, Japan. MATERIALS AND METHODS An automated computerised method was used to collect the data from March 1999 to February 2000. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Each workstation automatically recorded ...

Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) underwent a rapid development for the past 15 years, influenced by new technologies, faster network connections and other technical improvements. PACS handles different tasks, aimed to replace former film based medical images and the according workflows in hospitals and medical practices. In a PACS, images are acquired from medical imaging moda...