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Professional Support
PECS® Support
This service provides PECS support for your setting based on your learners’ and team’s specific needs. A minimum of at least one staff member, who will be present for the consultation, must have previously attended the PECS Level 1 workshop in order to book this service as there is no training element. Within a school setting we can observe up to a maximum of four classrooms in one day. A written report with advice and next steps follows within two weeks.
This onsite visit includes:
- recap of workshop information
- 1:1 discussion
- general Q&A
- specific advice
- 1:1 work with learners
- demonstrations
Onsite PECS Support Options
1 Day
1-day onsite visit from a Pyramid Consultant with follow up report
Monthly
One monthly onsite visit from a Pyramid Consultant with follow up report
Customize
Onsite visit from a Pyramid Consultant with follow up report
Thank you on behalf of everyone at St Ann’s for all the help, advice and useful tips you gave on your recent visit.
There has been a real buzz around the school to really get spontaneous communication happening, one learner made well over 100 requests today, with at least 30-40 being spontaneous!
– Carol Botterill, Teacher & Certified PECS Implementer, St Ann’s School
Additional PECS Support
PECS Start-up™
The PECS Start-Up is appropriate where there is only one PECS user within a setting. No previous training or experience with PECS is required. It is a six hour onsite visit with team training and working 1:1 with a learner.
- Day begins with a brief overview of the PECS protocol
- Discuss how to establish effective communicative environments
- Practice and role-play reinforcer assessment and the beginning PECS phases with the team
- Observe the learner to determine favorite items/activities
- Begin Phase I with the learner
- Progress to Phase II and additional phases as appropriate
- Discuss and assess the Nine Critical Communication Skills
- Discuss detailed recommendations
- Comprehensive report sent within two weeks
- Receive two 30-minute online follow-up sessions within six weeks
- Includes the following products:
- PECS Communication Book (standard size), and PICS for PECS
- Help, Wait, Break, and I am Working For cards
PECS Check-up™
The PECS Check-Up is suitable for a learner having difficulty progressing through the phases of PECS. Those working with the learner need to have previously attended the PECS L1 workshop or taken part in a PECS Start-Up. This is 3 hour onsite visit is tailored to the learner’s particular needs and consists of observation, feedback, practice and could include lecture and video examples.
- Begins with observation of staff implementing PECS with the learner
- Problem solve difficulties
- Practice and role-play PECS phases, including error correction strategies
- Discuss and assess the Nine Critical Communication Skills
- Implement the next phases and or the identified critical communication skill(s) with the learner
- Discuss detailed recommendations
- Comprehensive report sent within two weeks
- Receive a 30-minute online follow-up session within six weeks
- Includes the following products:
Online PECS Support
This service is suitable for anyone who has previously attended the PECS Level 1 workshop. A great follow up to the L1 workshop, it will help with any issues you have encountered when implementing the protocol. This can be booked as a one time service or as on going support.
- recap of workshop information
- 1:1 discussion
- general Q&A
- demonstrations
- prior video submission & advice about specific learners
Online PECS Check-in
This service is suitable for anyone who has previously attended the PECS Level 1 workshop. Perfect follow up to either onsite or online PECS Support. A check-in for further questions, advice and help.
- recap of workshop information
- general Q&A
- demonstrations
- suitable for 1:1 or groups of staff who can attend the whole session or just drop in
Behavior Support
One of the biggest challenges we face when working with learners with special educational needs is not understanding the reason for certain behaviors. Our first instinct often is to ask, “How do I get this to stop?” This question may lead to implementing short term fixes rather than developing long term solutions. This service compliments our Challenging Behaviors: Prevent, Reduce & Replace workshop; however, attendance at this workshop is not a pre-requisite.
- onsite visit of six hours
- guidance on teaching your learner crucial skills needed to replace unwanted behaviors
- learn about systematic reinforcement, functional activities and communication skills to help decrease targeted behaviors
- guidance on collecting and using data
- identify ways to prevent contextually inappropriate behaviors in the first place and to react systematically to reduce them when they occur
- learn how to collect & use data
- maximum of four learners seen per visit
- written report with advice and next steps
Functional Skills Support
Most professionals agree that the long term goals of education for their students include being employable and living as independently as possible. Life skills are all necessary for increased independence as well as overall improved quality of life. Students with developmental delays take longer to learn skills, so where do we want to spend valuable time? Those of us in charge of providing instruction need to be vigilant about choosing and systematically addressing the most important lessons.
- onsite visit of six hours
- focused support in-class to help you specifically improve this vital area of instruction
- help you to identify missing skills
- support you in designing activities to teach functional skills
- identify ways to increase your learners’ independence
- maximum of 4 learners seen per full day visit
- written report with advice and next steps
Pyramid Certification Program
Improve teaching organization and effectiveness while developing learners’ communication and independence skills.
Pyramid Certification combines high-quality training and on-site guidance, spread across an entire year, to support teams to build effective learning environments using the Pyramid Approach to Education®.
When our consultant works with your team, they will use a clear framework to guide and track their progress in order that they develop key skills to meet the needs of each learner. Functional communication, independence and social skills are promoted as each of the nine elements of the Pyramid are implemented. Once all components of the Pyramid have been demonstrated certification will be awarded. Ongoing guidance can be provided beyond this time to maintain staff skill and certification.
Training for the team includes: PECS Level 1, The Pyramid Approach: Building Functional and Creative Learning Settings and Teaching Critical Communication Skills.
This program will give your team:
- Access to the Experts (including Bondy & Frost PECS co-founders)
- Improved Learner Performance
- Increased Staff Satisfaction
- Educational Accountability
- Sustainable Results
When we began our Pyramid journey 5 years ago, I don’t think we realized the impact that the process would have on our school…
Communication and behavior have shown the greatest impact. Pyramid has ensured that learners have been as independent as possible and prepared for the future. Pyramid staff have always worked with Greenfield staff and learners to achieve the best outcomes and supported with excellent professionalism and knowledge.
– Rachel Faulkner, Deputy Head, Greenfield Special School
To book any of these services, please contact pecsgreece@pecs.com or call +30 6937490590
+30 6937490590