PECS Videos & More

Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS): 4 Part Series

These videos were created by the Provincial Outreach Program for Autism and Related Disorders known as POPARD in conjunction with Pyramid Education. They are NOT intended to be training videos.  For more information about PECS and/or to explore training opportunities contact us at pyramiduk@pecs.com.

Special thanks to Donna Banzhof, Alexis MacPherson, Erin Yorke, Karen Neill, Joy McGowan and Brad Almond for their assistance in the creation of this video series.

An interview with Dr. Andy Bondy and Lori Frost: 4 Part Series

Join the developers of PECS and founders of Pyramid Educational Consultants, Andy Bondy, PhD, and Lori Frost, MS, CCC-SLP, as they discuss PECS, the Pyramid Approach to Education, products and the establishment and expansion of Pyramid Educational Consultants.

Free Webcasts

Developed by Andy Bondy, PhD and Lori Frost, MS, CCC-SLP
Co-founders of Pyramid Education and 
Co-developers of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

Learn more about our most requested topics: PECS, the Pyramid Approach to Education, Emotions and Verbal Behavior. Our webcasts incorporate slide show presentations and audio narration. Current titles include I am the Master of My Emotions, PECS and Skinner’s Verbal Behavior, A Clear Picture: The Use and Benefits of PECS and The Pyramid Approach for Parents and Professionals.

General Description
This webcast begins with a brief overview of the Pyramid Approach to Education, a unique teaching model designed by Andy Bondy, PhD based on the principles of broad spectrum applied behavior analysis. This webcast will briefly discuss the base elements of the Pyramid including functional activities, reinforcement systems, communication/social skills, and contextually inappropriate behaviors and alternatives. A description of the Pyramid’s top elements, including generalization, creating effective lessons, specific teaching strategies, minimizing and correcting errors, and data collection and analysis will follow.

The Pyramid Approach for Parents and Professionals is appropriate for all members of the educational team who would like to learn about the Pyramid Approach to Education, including speech-language pathologists, parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, behavior analysts, psychologists, social workers and other professionals who are providing services for or living with individuals with developmental disabilities.

What You Will Begin To Learn:

• How to successfully implement the Pyramid Approach to Education
• The importance of teaching functional communication skills
• How to create opportunities for teaching

Presenter: Andy Bondy, PhD
Attend the Pyramid Approach to Education Training to learn more about the Pyramid Approach to Education. You can also view our current training schedule.

General Description
B.F. Skinner provided an important guide to the analysis of language in his book, Verbal Behavior. In this book, he stresses the critical value of focusing on the function of various aspects of communication. His analysis includes a very interesting section on what he termed “private events.” That is, how do we learn to talk about things that happen inside us? I am the Master of my Emotions will review traditional approaches to teaching children with autism to communicate about their emotions as well as how to respond to such language from other people. Dr. Bondy will also review how to consider various lessons related to emotions and how to incorporate Skinner’s analysis into the design of effective lessons. These lessons may involve very young children, teenagers or adults who continue to have difficulty with this topic. This webcast will review why this area is so difficult for those with autism and suggest teaching strategies that may lead to successful acquisition of these complex language skills.

I am the Master of my Emotions is appropriate for all members of the educational team who want to learn more about the language of emotions, including speech-language pathologists, parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, behavior analysts, psychologists, social workers and/or other professionals providing services for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. 

What You Will Begin To Learn:

• To describe how children typically learn to comment about “private events”
• The type of information adults respond to when teaching children to tell us about their emotions, and what may be missing for children with autism
• Why traditional approaches to teaching “the language of emotions” may not be effective and how they can be improved
• How to take advantage of existing emotional displays and how to create situations that are likely to induce such feelings
• Why it is not really easy to teach “really”
• Why it will be helpful to attend the full-day workshop, The Language of Emotions

Presenter: Andy Bondy, PhD 
Attend The Language of Emotions workshop to learn more about this topic. You can also view our current training schedule.

PECS and Skinner’s Verbal Behavior is appropriate for all members of the educational team who want to learn more about Skinner’s Verbal Behavior, including speech-language pathologists, parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, behavior analysts, psychologists, social workers and/or other professionals providing services for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. 

What You Will Learn:

• Define “verbal behavior” and “vocal” behavior
• Name the three antecedent conditions for verbal behavior
• List three primary verbal operants
• Analyze pure versus multiply controlled verbal operants

Presenters: Andy Bondy, PhD and Lori Frost, MS, CCC-SLP

Attend the Analyzing and Fine Tuning Communication workshop to learn more about this topic. You can also view our current training schedule.

Our webcasts are slide show presentations with audio narration that are streamed from our website and viewed from your computer. Please note our webcasts are not live and do not allow interaction between the presenters and the audience. The webcasts are overviews only and are not intended to replace training workshops in the relevant areas.