TIPS FOR TOILET TRAINING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIE

[misty]

TIPS FOR TOILET TRAINING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

Children with disabilities are often more difficult to toilet train than other children. Not all children will respond in the same manner to a particular technique. Therefore, if is often helpful to be aware of different strategies. Overall, it is important to be consistent, patient, and never punitive when there are toileting accidents. Remember, this is a learning experience for your child, so treat accidents in a neutral way!

Assessing Your Child's Readiness

Follow these important steps to help guide you in the toilet training process

Specific Toilet Training Tips and Methods

The "DRY PANTS " METHOD

Adding Structure to the Child's Environment

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www.personal.kent.edu/~depeters/data/toilet/toilet.htm

[Charlie Girl]

Thats a good article. A couple of things I used on my kids was when they had an accident I would just tell them "that's ok, we can keep trying" and when they were successful, we would celebrate. I would dance them around and sing about what a great big kid I had and how wonderful it was that the pee pee or poo poo went into the potty. We would brag to everyone who loved them enough to listen and make a big deal of it also. In the beginning, Gramma got a lot of phone calls to celebrate our success.

I found that if you got angry when you though they should have been able to control it, they either stressed about it and were more likely to have an accident later or decided it was a great way to control Mom. If you wanted to bug her or get even, just poo in the pants. The motivation depended on the kid but the results were the same. Either way, there was a dirty pair of training pants or pull ups.