that they are ready for potty training?
I don't think Branden is b/c he has no concept of it nor does he have any interest in the bathroom(even though his mom makes him go like once in a blue moon which is ridiculous). He is still only almost 3, but I would like him out sometime soon. He can hold it and only go like 3 or 4 times in like the 8 hours that I have him.
Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I think most ASD kids are 'toilet timed' rather than 'toilet trained' at least for a significant period of time.
We have just had an assesment done for Lachlan and the key criteria was:-
Must be developmentally age appropriate (this meant holding on to urine for 60-90 minute sat a time).
Can the child pull up and down his own pants?
Is he showing signs that he is wet or dirty?
We have to keep a chart going for a period of a week to get details of wee/poo times. Once we have this we will start the toilet timing.
Initially we are to only take him every hour to the toilet (if he does a wee, we lengthen it to 90 minutes).
Rules are: no wee=no flush. No reverting to pull ups at all during the day. boys sit to wee (this is apparently easier to change later on more so than trying to get kids to distinguish between wee/poo initially).
Needless to say, I haven't yet started so have nothing to report back just yet.
Jaden is 4 and just now getting ready. She:
takes off her own diaper and attempts to put it on
when asked "where does the poopoo go?" She says, "the potty"
she will sit on the potty.
She is really interested whenever anyone else is going.
She wipes her bear's bottom.
the only problem is that she still wets very often.
I agree...at least with my daughter...it had to be her idea, no amount of pushing and coxing could get her to do it...but...she went from pull ups to underware over night literally...and hasnt had an accident. One day she said..I need potty...and we put her on and she went... and that was it, i think each child will learn at their own pace, and that it has to be their schedual not ours.
Abby is a little over 3. She still is not potty trained. I think the readiness is different with each child. Abby has been hides in corners and also during the summer she would step out of the pool and go squat in the corner to pee even though she had a swim diaper on. Abby has gone on the potty at daycare but has not gone on the potty at home at all. I think with some children being ready is when the pee or poo actually starts to bother them or make them or they come and tell you they have to go.Here's my collection of potty resources.
http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16098&am p;am p;KW=potty+resources
The autism specialists at TEACCH recommend assessing potty readiness in this way:
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We should begin with establishing a positive and meaningful routine around toileting and collecting data about the child's readiness for schedule training or for independent toileting."
A simple chart can be used to collect the data needed about the child's readiness. On a routine basis, the child is taken to the bathroom for a "quick check" every 30 minutes and data is recorded on each occasion.
Over a period of 1 or 2 weeks, patterns of data begin to emerge.
Is the child dry for significant periods of time?
Is there some regularity in his wetting/soiling?
Does he show any indication that he is aware of being wet or soiled?
Does he pause while wetting or soiling?
A child for whom the answers to all of these questions is "no" is probably not ready for a goal of independent toileting, although a goal of establishing a positive bathroom routine may still be very appropriate.
During the charting phase, we should also be assessing other aspects of the process of toilet training. As the data is being collected,
Is the child beginning to pick up on the routine involved?
How are the child's dressing skills?
Does he show any particular fears or interests related to the bathroom (reaction to flushing, water, toilet paper roll, or other bathroom fixtures)?
What is his attention span?
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Source: http://www.teacch.com/toilet.html
Good luck supporting the parents on the road to potty training.