Picture Card Communication
Marion is the creator of Picture Card Communication (www.picturecardcommunication.com). Her creation was born out of a deep love for her family. You see, Marion has a 25 year old son with Autism and a 22 year old son with ADHD. In addition, her mother is 86 years old and suffers from Parkinsons and Dementia. Marion's love for her family inspired her to create the Picture Card Communication System in order to maintain communication despite all of the challenges that life often brings.
About five years ago, Marion met with a Speech Pathologist who was a member of the Autism Team for the local school board, and his enthusiasm for her work spurred her on to offer her products to a wider audience. Now she offers her products to others via her website (www.picturecardcommunication.com). She creates picture cards, puzzles, visual schedules, key chains, matching materials, visual step-by-step materials and more. She uses the child or individual's personal pictures to create the materials, and can further personalize them to the needs of the individual.
The Picture Communication Card products include:
1. Toileting, hand washing, bedtime sequence
2. Choice boards:
- outings eg. McDonald`s, Canadian Tire, Toys R Us,
Loblaws, Wal-Mart, Zellers
- park, bicycle, trampoline
- snacks, food and drinks
- pre-school and school activities
- Emotions (no thermometer) - "I feel .."
3. Picture key chains - to attach to belt loops for easy and quick access.
4. Dressing Program: for Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, rain and bed-time.
5. Puzzles - farm animals (full colour cartoon)
- "5 Little Monkies"
6. Visual Schedules: hand washing, brushing teeth, toileting, dressing,
bedtime, pre-school and school
7. Emotions - choice board with "I feel."
- emotion thermometers
- calming sequence
8. Visual materials to support ABA/IBI programs:
- numbers, colours, shapes, alphabet
9. Visuals to support "Social Stories": eg.
- birth of a sibling
- telephone etiquette
- going to the movies
10. Visual materials to support Music programs
- pictures of instruments and activities
- puzzle - Old McDonald had a Farm
- puzzle - The Wheels on the Bus
11. Learning materials:
- alphabets - block letters and cursive letters with upper
and lower case
- alphabet letters are all single cards good for learning
the alphabet and pairing with pictures to learn
spelling.
- clocks - to teach time with both regular and digital
clocks
- Circle of Life
- Community helpers
12. Communication "PECS" books/binders
Marion's business is based in Canada. You can view her products by going to her website (www.picturecardcommunication.com). For more infrormation, you can contact Marion directly at ppusey@sympatico.ca.
Blessings,
Mary
Mary E. Riposo, PhD
www.AlternativeAutismSolutions.com
Categories: Product Reviews
Tags: picture card communication language Marion Pusey autism speech
That was a wonderful article. I will look more into Marion's products as they have really intruiged my curiosity. Keep up the great work with this blog.
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Dr. Jacobson,
Thanks for the kind words. It's so nice to be validated. I am happy to bring helpful information to my readers. Marion's work is wonderful and she herself is an inspiration!
Blessings,
Mary
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I have contact with a school administrator who would love to know about this material, and I have made an appointment to see him in order to share the information.
Wonderful ideas and work all around.
Joan
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Hi Joan,
Thanks for passing this information on. I agree- it's very valuable!
Blessings,
Mary
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