Toilet training can be a battleground for parents and children. In this book, the only one on the market dealing with the specific issues involved in toilet training children with autism, Maria Wheeler offers a detailed roadmap for success, based on over 20 years of experience. Simple lists offer over 200 dos and don’ts, along with more than 50 real-life examples. Learn, among other things, how to: gauge readiness, overcome fear of the bathroom, teach how to use toilet paper, flush and wash up and deal with toileting in unfamiliar environments. A life preserver for parents and reluctant children! Helpful chapters include:
- The importance of toilet training
- Determining readiness
- Developing a toileting routine
- Dressing for the occasion
- Habit training
- Teaching continence
- Communicating the need to use the toilet
- When toilet training is successful
- Toileting in unfamiliar environments
- Nighttime training
- Support strategies
- Common problems (and solutions) associated with toilet training persons with autism
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