My daughter is 4. She's not completely non verbal but she usually does a lot of scripting before she learns to use words and phrases spontaneously. Her therapists have suggested a PECs schedule or something similiar. I told them we've tried that before and it simply doesn't work because she will not leave it alone. She likes to play with the picture cards. So I was looking into an app for it. I asked them and the conversation just sort of peters out there. It seems these new therapists are only… read more

Hi all,
Im trying to create a visual schedule for SB but my ability to find PECs or clip art and then manipulate them for what we need has turned out to be more time consuming and difficult than i thought it would be. I dont have a computer so I am using my phone mostly.
Any tips? Did you just buy something?

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