[Adaptation of the picture exchange communication system in a school context].
BACKGROUND
Alternative communication.


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy of the adapted Pecs and Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) in the communication of a child with cerebral palsy.


METHODS
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 with the functional curriculum proposed by LeBlanc (1991). An experimental AB Design was used in order to test the procedures.


RESULTS
The subject was able to pass through all of the adapted Pecs phases and to use her communication board in school activities.


CONCLUSIONS
The adapted Pecs proved to be effective in improving the subject's communication abilities.
Almeida
Maria Amélia
MA
Psicóloga, Pós-Doutorado em Educação Especial pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos. ameliama@terra.com.br
Piza
Maria Helena Machado
MH
Lamônica
Dionísa Aparecida Cusin
DA
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities / Q000592:standards*; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual