The Autism Toilet Training Handbook: Essential Strategies for Home and School

Toilet training can be a battleground for parents and children. In this book, Mary Wrobel offers a detailed roadmap for success, based on over twenty five years of experience. Easy-to-read bulleted lists offer effective do's and don'ts, along with real-life examples. Learn, among other things, how to overcome fear of the bathroom, teach to use toilet paper, flush and wash up and deal with toileting in unfamiliar environments. A lifesaver for parents and children!

ISBN-13: 9781957984087

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Future Horizons - Inc.

Publication Date: 05-02-2023

Pages: 155

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

A retired teacher and speech-language pathologist, Mary Wrobel has worked with students with autism for more than thirty years and continues to consult and give workshops. She has trained both parents and professionals about puberty, and its accompanying safety, cleanliness, and health issues, as well as many other topics related to autism. This is Mary’s fourth publication with Future Horizons. Her first book, Taking Care of Myself won the ASA Outstanding Literary Work of the Year Award-Educational Division, as well as the iParenting Media Award. Taking Care of Myself 2 was written for Teenagers and Young Adults and won an iParenting Media Award. She also wrote Autism and Girls (co-author).

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Begin with a Plan
Once you have decided to truly begin toilet training, you need to generate a plan with your family. This needs to be a plan you can stick with, and not quit when it becomes difficult, and it’s very likely that it will become difficult. To generate a plan, parents/caregivers need to write out their plan, with step-by-step procedures. Included in those procedures should be how you, parents and caregivers, plan to respond to refusals and meltdowns. Additionally, you need to anticipate setbacks. Setbacks and failures will happen, but that doesn’t mean you quit the plan. Adjusting for setbacks, but continuing with the toileting plan, is the goal.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Autism and Toilet Training
2. Laying the Groundwork for Successful Toileting
3. Getting Started
4. Language and Communication
5. Addressing Anxiety
6. Addressing Sensory Sensitivities and Aversions
7. Creating a Toileting Plan
8. Rewards and Incentives
9. Implementing the Plan
10. Charting Progress
11. Older Children and Toileting
12. Tackling Problems Associated with Toilet Training
13. Diapers To Underwear
14. Nighttime Toilet Training
15. Support Stories Show More