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The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), mentioned in the above post, is a form of augmentative and alternative communication, typically used as an aid in communication for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other special needs. It is based on Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and is specially designed to overcome communication difficulties in children with Autism by encouraging the child to be the communication initiator.

PECS consists of a number of stages:

…Phase I: Teaches students to initiate communication right from the start by exchanging a single picture for a highly desired item.
Phase II: Teaches students to be persistent communicators–to actively seek out their pictures and to travel to someone to make a request.
Phase III: Teaches students to discriminate pictures and to select the picture that represents the item they want.
Phase IV: Teaches students to use sentence structure to make a request in the form of “I want _____.”
Phase V: Teaches students to respond to the question, “What do you want?”
Phase VI: Teaches students to comment about things in their environment both spontaneously and in response to a question.
Expanding Vocabulary: Teaches students to use attributes such as colors, shapes and sizes within their requests…

(source: http://www.txautism.net/docs/Guide/Interventions/PECS.pdf)