08/20/2026
💬 This is what teaching functional communication can look like.
Not just a drill.
Not just a worksheet.
But communication built around the learner’s interests, right where they already are. 💕
When we lean into what matters to a learner and create opportunities to communicate right there, during play and in the middle of activities they choose, those skills have an immediate purpose.
In this moment, an interest in the dollhouse creates an opportunity to ask: “Where pink couch?”
That’s the difference between learning a skill in isolation and learning to use communication functionally.
And as PECS® users progress, there is so much more to teach beyond requesting. We can help learners expand vocabulary and sentence structure, ask and answer questions, comment, express emotions, and communicate for increasingly varied reasons across the day.
Already implementing PECS and ready to take your teaching further?
PECS® Advanced Training (formerly PECS Level 2)
📅 August 24–25
💻 Live Online
This two-day training helps you strengthen your implementation and explore practical strategies to:
✔ Expand vocabulary and sentence structure
✔ Create communication opportunities throughout the day
✔ Problem-solve individual implementation challenges
✔ Plan for individual learners across activities and settings
✔ Support increasingly independent and sophisticated communication
🍎 With a new school year beginning, it’s a great time to look beyond whether a learner can use a communication skill and focus on where, when, and why they use it.
⏰ Training starts in just 4 days!
👉 Register today: https://pecsusa.com/training/pecs-advanced-training/
