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Theresa and - welcome to our group.

Toileting. The best help I got was the book " Steps to Independence " . The

sequence and planning helped me enourmously when I thought Elie would NEVER

be trained. We used the charts at home and in school.

It took Elie until about 14 to be reliable for both voiding and bowel. He

was dry at age 6, day and night.

Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons.

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>Subject: Re: New to the group

>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:49:03 -0000

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>Hi, I'm fairly new to the group too. Toileting is going to take a

>long time, most likely. My son is 14 and will usually go when taken

>to the bathroom, but is not independent on this at all. He also

>doesn't talk & doesn't indicate when he needs to go very well. One

>good tip that I got about toileting that I would like to pass on is

>this. If he/she is on the toilet and will not go, fill a cup with

>warm (not hot) water & pour it on their privates. It nearly always

>works. Occasionally I have had to do it twice and I always warn

>him. I am working on getting him to dry himself, but it is good

>practice.

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>You said that you moved recently & lost your ABA services. What

>state are you in? You should have a caseworker & should be able to

>get services, even though they do not offer it through the school.

>We are in Missouri and gets services through our regional

>center. It's not a lot, we drop to 3 hours of behavior therapy in

>Jan, but much better than nothing.

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> > We are the Norton family: Hazel(Mom), Larry(Dad), Hayley(daughter-

>11 years old), and Ted(why we are interested in this group).

> > Ted is 7 and was diagnosed with autism when he was 5 in addition to

>his down snydrome. He is nonverbal,not toilet-trained, but

> > is a sweet and easy-going kid. We recently moved because of my

>husband's job, which has been pretty stressful. Our families

> > are no where near. Ted goes to public school and spends most of

>the day in special ed. class. He goes to 1ST grade for

> > specials. He was receiving ABA training which seem to help him in

>school, but it is not available at his new school. We are

> > using PECS for communication with a little success. We are also

>working on toileting, but would take any suggestions on that to

> > help!

> > Ted has been rather healthy except for many upper respiratory

>infections. He did not walk until age 5. He is still unable to go

> > up and down steps without help. He Started having drop-attack

>seizures,which was pretty scary. They are under control now

> > and it's been over a year, since he had one. He takes medication

>twice a day for it.

> > I've given you a brief history and am glad to be a part of this

>group.

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