Re: patty training

[Guest guest]

Hello Geoffrey:

You may want to contact The Emory Autism Resource Center- they have provided workshops on potty training.

Thanks,

Heidi Fernandez Parent and Advocate "Knowledge is Power" "To the world, you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world." www.autismspeaks.org

-------------- Original message -------------- From: GEOFFREY GATTON <ggatton2@...>

hello everyone i am having a get deal tying to get my four year old son to use the bathroom does any one have any suggestions. thanks everyone geoff

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Still fighting that battle. My son showed no interest in it all until he banged his knee and I set out to get a bandaid. I keep them in a slide out plastic drawer across from the toilet so he would want to go to the bathroom just to get a bandaid. He was seriously wasting my bandaids, so i got inventive. I bought some stickers and put them in the bandaid drawer and of course he will choose a sticker over a bandaid. The catch: he has to go potty in the potty , no potty, no sticker. He was real bad about it ast first, he didnt have to go and would scream wanting one, sometimes sitting there for up to 20 minutes. He has learned that he cant break me and he knows the deal. He will tell me several time a day he has to go, sometimes right after he poos, but no sticker because he didnt poo in the potty. Be consistent and always praise if he does go. If an accident occurs let him know that its ok, accidents

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Still fighting that battle. My son showed no interest in it all until he banged his knee and I set out to get a bandaid. I keep them in a slide out plastic drawer across from the toilet so he would want to go to the bathroom just to get a bandaid. He was seriously wasting my bandaids, so i got inventive. I bought some stickers and put them in the bandaid drawer and of course he will choose a sticker over a bandaid. The catch: he has to go potty in the potty , no potty, no sticker. He was real bad about it ast first, he didnt have to go and would scream wanting one, sometimes sitting there for up to 20 minutes. He has learned that he cant break me and he knows the deal. He will tell me several time a day he has to go, sometimes right after he poos, but no sticker because he didnt poo in the potty. Be consistent and always praise if he does go. If an accident occurs let him know that its ok, accidents

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[Guest guest]

What I did with my son back when he was 4 was.

I would keep him in underwear then I would periodically take him to the

bathroom and put a diaper on him and have him sit on toilet but with

the lid down so it was just a place to sit.

When he got comfortable with the idea of just going while sitting on

the toilet in the diaper I had him sit with the lid up but still in the

diaper.

When he got that idea, then I had him sit there without the diaper.

He got it faster then I expected.

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> hello everyone i am having a get deal tying to get my four year old

son to use the bathroom does any one have any suggestions. thanks

everyone geoff

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[Guest guest]

This was great info from:

http://www.tacanow.com/behavior/potty-training.htm

1. Buy lots of the child's favorite drinks and salty foods.

2. Make sure the " ultimate " reinforcer is available to the

therapists/parents for the child's successes on the potty.

3. Buy regular underwear

4. Buy a potty seat that fits on top of the regular toilet and a

stool for the child to rest his feet.

5. Prepare activities for the child to do while seated on the potty

such as; puzzles, books, manipulative toys.

Day 1

1. When the child wakes up, dress him/her in a shirt or sweatshirt,

underwear and socks

2. Makes sure all SR+ items, activities, drinks, salty foods and the

potty area is set up.

3. Begin giving the child liquids (LOTS!) for about 5 minutes.

4. Continue giving the child liquids until he/she is on the potty.

5. Start entertaining activities such as singing songs, puzzles,

toys, etc.

6. Keep the child on the potty until he/she is successful. This can

be a long time, 1-2 hours. This time will be this days baseline time.

7. Once the child is successful, reward the child greatly verbally

and with his/her ultimate reinforcer item. Let the child off the

potty for 10 minutes with his or her underwear off in the bathroom

area. Continue fluids at this time.

8. Once the 10 minutes are up, put the child back on the potty until

he or she is successful or the baseline time is up. Whichever is

first.

9. If the child is successful, reward him or her greatly and let the

child off the potty for 10 minutes in the bathroom area. If the

child does not go, let him or her up for 3 minutes in the bathroom

area and then bring the child back to the potty.

10. Continue these steps until the child has 3 successes on the

potty.

11. After 3 successes, decrease the amount of fluids and gradually

increase the amount of time off the potty by 3 - 5 minute

increments. Remember to keep the child's baseline time documented on

the potty chart.

12. Continue with this for the rest of the waking hours of that day.

Day 2

1. Re-start the entire potty training procedure to get a new

baseline time for the day. Each subsequent day you should see a

decrease in the baseline times. At some point, the child should go

as soon as you set him or her on the potty.

2. Continue with this for the rest of the waking hours of that day.

Day 3

1. Re-start the entire potty training sequence to establish the new

baseline.

2. Use the amount of time from Day 2 off the potty time and let the

child be able to go into 2 rooms of the house supervised.

Consequence for Accidents

Have the child clean up the accident with hand over hand prompts.

Have the child rinse out his/her clothing and get dressed. Put the

child back on the potty. Add 10 minutes to the time the child sits

before the baseline time begins. In essence, the child sits on the

potty longer.

GOOD LUCK! Remember to be patient, potty training can take up to a

week. Remember to document times on and off the potty with the Potty

Chart.

Special thanks to Autism Spectrum Consultants for their Potty

Training information and Potty Chart. For more information about

Autism Spectrums Consultants go to: www.autismconsultants.com

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> hello everyone i am having a get deal tying to get my four year

old son to use the bathroom does any one have any suggestions.

thanks everyone geoff

>

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> Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative

vehicles.

> Visit the Auto Green Center.

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