Abstract
Objective: Report an experience in a therapeutic residency for patients’s parents and professionals about the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). Methods: It is an experience with participation of 11 parents, 4 professionals and 2 children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at Barcarena/PA. Explaining the program, talking about its importance, how to develop and make the material. : By a productive nature, the parents presented themselves proactive to this technology that they were not yet aware of, while the professionals awakened the aptitude to carry out the training of the program that will be offered. Besides of the participation of 1 child with ASD to demonstrate how the activity works. Conclusion: The adoption of PECS in the face of the need for verbal child development is essential. The role of nursing is necessary for the application and support of the communication medium.