PECS Phase II

While sitting at their desk, a student pulls a pecs picture from their communication book and then looks around the room.

*This is an all too common scenario in special education classrooms and the biggest reason for ensuring that students have been taught Phase II of the Picture Exchange Communication System: Distance & Persistence. If student's do not learn and practice traveling to a communicative partner and waiting until they can make the exchange, they will never be able to effectively communicate their wants and needs (well they might, but by engaging in disruptive behaviors instead). Make sure to create opportunities for your students to travel with their pecs and remember to fade prompts as they begin to master the skill.


PECS Phase II