With the start of therapy a few weeks ago, we also started the PECS system with Baduka. PECS is short for Picture Exchange Communication System. It's a pretty awesome way to get to know what a kid who can't use language properly wants at all times, once they master the process. Baduka being pretty much a "silent" genius, means he caught on as soon as it was introduced.
What this process involves is a 3 ring binder full of hard plastic dividers, velcro, and little laminated pictures of every toy, food, and activity we own. He flips through the binder, finds what he wants and hands it to me. I'm supposed to say, "that's good asking! You want to play puzzles!" And then get it for him to play with appropriately.
What this process really means is that he flips through a 3 ring binder, full of hard plastic dividers, velcro, and little laminated pictures of every toy, food, and activity we own, finds what he wants, hands it to me, yells, "thassss goooood assskinggg!" And gets it himself.
Clearly we still need to work on some things. Because now we still have the crazy, bouncing, jumping, climbing messiness, with little laminated, velcro backed pictures mixed in.
At least with the pictures I kind of know what direction he's about to run in?
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