Instruction using the Picture Exchange Communication Systems (PECS) appears to enhance generalization of communication skills among children with autism in comparison to Responsive Education and Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching (RPMT)1

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention in 2010, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17489539.2011.554004.Which of two methods of training communication skills, PECS or RPMT, produces greater generalization of the use of graphic symbols to communicate in children with ASD