Desenvolvimento de um Software para Auxílio na Comunicação de quem tem Transtorno do Espectro Autista - TEA

Autistic Spectrum Disorder - TEA is marked by a number of characteristics that influence the daily lives of citizens with the disorder. This change consists of difficulty in communicating with society, badly social interaction and restricted and repetitive behavior, of- ten not dealing with changes in routine. Due to these obstacles faced by autists, forms of intervention arise in order to social inclusion towards these people, such as alternative methods that help autistics communicate. The Picture Exchange Communication System - PECS is one of these assistive tools, based on picture communication, one simulates autism and others everyday foods and objects. However, this method has some issues, for example, some of them cannot associate an illustrative figure that represents an object in reality, causing the PECS to be unusable. From this, this project based on the development and implementation of the site “SeuPecs”, based on the above Communication System, with the creation of unique PECS for each autistic in order to contribute to the communication of who has the TEA.

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AN ANALYSIS OF VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN

Journal of Research on Language Education ◽

10.33365/jorle.v2i1.923 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Weny Anita Febriantini ◽

Rahima Fitriati ◽

Lulud Oktaviani

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Developmental Disorder ◽

Repetitive Behavior ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Verbal Communication ◽

Autistic Children ◽

Restricted And Repetitive Behavior

Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. Autistic is a person affected by autism. The level of autism of each individual is varied. It can range from mild to severe. Due to this condition, the person shares some symptoms of the difficulties with social interaction. To make them involved in social interaction, it needs special effort to make them be able to speech or communicate first. For this reason, there should be the use of the combination between verbal and non-verbal communication. Thus, this study attempted to investigate the process of using both kinds of communication in teaching children with autism since children are easier to be threated than adults. To make the distinct result, the participants were from different level of autism. Then, based on the observation and interview, the findings showed that the verbal and non-verbal communication used by the therapist in teaching the autistic children can enhance their social interaction and communication skills.

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Autism Children’s App using PECS

Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing ◽

10.33166/aetic.2018.01.002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 7-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nareena Soomro ◽

Safeeullah Soomro

Keyword(s):

Learning Disabilities ◽

Communication System ◽

Mobile Application ◽

Autistic Spectrum Disorder ◽

Graphical Representation ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Picture Exchange Communication System ◽

Autistic Children ◽

Present Communication ◽

Effective Manner

Since autistic children suffers from learning disabilities and communication barriers, this research aim to design, develop and evaluate an Android based mobile application (app) providing better learning environment with inclusion of graphical representation in a cost effective manner. This research evaluate various supporting technologies and finds Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) to be better choice for integrating with the app. Evaluation results reveal that the inclusion of PECS helped the children suffering from Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to better communicate with others. The study included autistic children who do not speak, who are unintelligible and who are minimally effective communicators with their present communication system. The evolution results showed encouraging impacts of the Autism App in supporting autistic children to adapt to normal life and improve the standard of their life.

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PECS AS A MEANS OF PREPARING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM FOR UNUSUAL SITUATIONS

Main Issues Of Pedagogy And Psychology ◽

10.24234/miopap.v4i1.290 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 49-52

Author(s):

ARMENUHI AVAGYAN

Keyword(s):

Communication Skills ◽

Communication System ◽

Information Exchange ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Picture Exchange Communication System ◽

Alternative Methods ◽

Functional Communication ◽

Picture Exchange

Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is considered as one of the alternative methods of additional communication. The primary goal of PECS system is the development of functional communication skills of children with autism. PECS gives the children an opportunity to communicate, not only in usual, but also in unusual, stressful situations. It promotes positive changes in behavior and emotional sphere of children. The experience has shown, that the children, who use PECS, are understood with ease by their surrounding people, as well as by their fellows, and the implication of pictures by parents in the process of information exchange improves its understanding.

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