I-Autism kanye neSistimu YokuThuthukiswa Kwamasithombe

Uxhumana kanjani nomuntu ongenakho ikhono lokukhuluma noma ukusebenzisa ulimi lwezandla? Abantu abaningi abane-autism baxhumana ngokusebenzisa amakhadi wesithombe. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kunqunywa kumamagazini, okushicilelwe kuma-CD, noma kuthengwa njengendlela ehleliwe, amakhadi wesithombe anikezela abantu abanegunya lokukhulumisana nezidingo, izifiso, ngisho nemibono ngaphandle kwesidingo solimi olukhulunywe.

Njengoba abantu abaningi e- autism bavame ukufunda ngokubonakalayo, kunengqondo ukuqala ukuxhumana nezithombe. Okubaluleke kakhulu, izithombe ziyindlela yokukhulumisana yonke indawo futhi ziqondakala njengabantu abangabazi noma ontanga abasha njengabazali noma ababelapha.

Uhlelo lwezokuxhumana lwe-Exchange Exchange (i-PECS)

Ngaphakathi komphakathi we-autism, igama elithi PECS (ngokuvamile elibizwa ngokuthi "i-pex") lifana namakhadi wesithombe kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo. Futhi, njengoba nje "kleenex" isize sisho okufanayo "njengezicubu," i-PECS iye yalahlekelwa inhlobo enkulu yezinhlobo zayo. Kodwa i-PECS empeleni iyindlela yokuthengisa yePiramidi Educational Products, inkampani encane eyasungulwa ngawo-1980 nguLori Frost no-Andrew Bondy.

Imikhiqizo yePiramidi ikhiqiza inani elilinganayo lamakhadi wesithombe, nakuba engekho iqoqo elikhulu lezithombe ezitholakalayo. Babuye bakhiqize izincwadi ezinama-velcro-lined eklanyelwe ukugcina izithombe ezisekelwe eceleni; kodwa, futhi, lezi akuzona imikhiqizo yekhadi lesithombe elikhangayo noma eliphelele kunawo wonke emakethe .

Okubaluleke nakakhulu kwifilosofi ye-PECS akuyona amakhadi wesithombe esithile noma abanikazi bawo, kodwa kunalokho inqubo okungabantwana abangamagama (nabantu abadala) abafundiswa ukusebenzisa la makhadi. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, bamba abenzi be-PECS (futhi izicelo zabo zisekelwa isipiliyoni kanye nocwaningo), izingane ezisebenzisa i-PECS zakha amakhono okuxhumana azimele.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngokusobala njengomkhiqizo, izingane eziningi zithola ulimi olukhulunywa kakhulu.

Indlela ye-PECS

Uma ukhetha ukusebenzisa i-PECS (ngokuphambene nokunikeza amakhadi wesithombe njengethuluzi lokuxhumana) kumele uqeqeshwe ngemikhiqizo yamaPiramidi. Uhlelo lwabo lokuqeqesha lukulungiselela ukusebenza nomfundi ngezigaba eziyisithupha:

Le nqubo yokufunda ingathatha amasonto, izinyanga, noma iminyaka ukuqedela. Kuzo zonke, abafundi bakhuthazwa ukuba basebenzise i-PECS kuzilungiselelo ezihlukahlukene ezahlukene kanye nabalingani abahlukene.

Kungani i-PECS?

Ukuxhumana ngokusekelwe kwesithombe kukhululekile kakhulu. Konke okudingayo umagazini ogcwele izithombe, isibhamu, i-looseleaf yencwadi kanye nezinye i-velcro.

I-PECS, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ingaba yinani elikhulu: ama-dollar angamakhulu amaningana ekuqeqeshweni kokuqala, amakhulu amakhulu ngaphezulu kokubonisana okuqhubekayo, njalonjalo. Ingabe kuwufanele?

Ngokusho kwemikhiqizo yePhiramidi, umehluko ophakathi kwendlela ye-PECS nokukhulumisana okulula kwesithombe kuncike kakhulu. Okubaluleke kakhulu, umehluko wukuhlinzeka umfundi ngamathuluzi okuxhumana ngokuzenzekelayo nangokuzimela. Ngaphezu kokwenza ukuxhumana kube lula, inqubo ingabuye:

Imithombo:

Frost, L. & Bondy, A. (2006). Ulimi olujwayelekile: Ukusebenzisa i-Verbal Behavior ye-BF Skinner yokuHlola nokuPhathwa kweZokukhubazeka kwezokuxhumana ku-SLP-ABA. I-Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis. 1, 103-110.

> Ruth Anne Rehfeldt & Shannon L. Root (2005). Ukusungula amakhono adingekayo atholakala kubantu abadala abanokukhubazeka okukhulu okuthuthukiswayo. I-Journal ye-Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 101-105.

Yokoyama, K., Naoi, N., & Yamamoto, J. (2006). Ukufundisa ukuziphatha ngomlomo usebenzisa uhlelo lwe-Picture Exchange Communication (PECS) nezingane ezine-disistic spectrum disorder. Journal Japanese of Education Special, 43, 485-503.