Developing a Toileting Routine!!! By: Liza Stack and Melissa Rose
When is your child ready? How to know? Developmental age? What to look for? What comes first? What steps to do? Standing vs. Sitting Get Prepared
Practiced Methods 1. Scheduled Opportunities 2. Rewarding Successful Toiletings 3. Dry Pants Check 4. Positive Practice for Accidents 5. Date Recording
Scheduled Opportunities Timer Consistency Using Visuals
Rewarding Successful Toiletings Token System Immediate Gratification Make it fun!!!
Dry Pants Check Know difference between wet/dry Check diaper randomly and if dry use social reinforcement Use vocabulary “wet/dry”
Positive Practice for Accidents Understand that it is just an accident Learn from the accident Teach to change clothes/diaper PATIENCE
Stickers on a weekly basis Date Recording Stickers on a weekly basis
Road Blocks Behaviors Tantruming Smearing Avoidance Fears Going in the community They are stuck
Alternatives…When to Reevaluate? Where is there improvement? Know when to change it up. Do not give up!
Resources Books
Keep it fun!