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Toilet TrainingPresented by:
Brittain Coleman, MA, BCBATracy Palm, MS, BCBA
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Method #1
Habit training is a type of toilet training in which the goal is to develop toileting behavior through repeatedly doing a behavior in the same way over and over.
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Who is Habit Training appropriate for?
• No awareness of need to urinate/defecate• Person is over 5 years of age & other training techniques
have been unsuccessful• Individual is cognitively functioning age 3 or lower• No awareness or change in behavior when diaper or
clothes are wet
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Starting a Habit Training Program
• Know your child’s current bladder & bowel schedule.• Keep your child on a regular diet, including drink
consumption, and exercise throughout.• Pick times that are 5-15 minutes before your child
typically goes.• Develop visual aids to show each step, this can be very
useful if you have a visual learner.• Find a timer that will be used for Habit Training only.
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Habit Training Cont.
• Tell the individual that when the timer goes off that he/she is going to take a “potty break”.
• Set the timer for the predetermined time.• When the timer goes off then tell the child, “it’s potty
break time”.• Prompt the individual as need to go through the steps of
toileting. You can use other ABA procedures to teach the steps of toileting, such as behavior shaping, chaining, differential reinforcement, etc.
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Habit Training Cont.• The individual does not have to sit for a long
period of time. Start out with just having the individual sit for a few seconds.
• As the person becomes more compliant and independent with the tasks of toileting then you can extend the time that the individual is required to sit.
• After the individual has completed the toileting tasks then reinforce the behavior.
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What to do if the individual has limited or poor awareness…
• Applying physical pressure on the lower abdomen over the bladder in order to allow complete emptying of the bladder.– Consult for doctor, PT or OT
• Trouble with beginning urination? Try turning on the faucet or pouring lukewarm water over a boy’s penis
• Relax- Some people need to be distracted in order to relax enough to go. Use toys, books, running water, etc.
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Teaching Bowel Movements• This usually follows bladder control.
• Is there something reinforcing the behavior of going in the diaper or in another location?
• Use pictures that clearly show what the child is to do and expect.
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Does it work?
This was a 3 yr old, child with ASD. He was vocal. He was unable to tell when he “went”.
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References• Ando, H. (1977). “Training Autistic Children to Urinate in
the Toilet Through Operant Conditioning Techniques.” Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 7, 151-163.
• Fouse, B., & Wheeler, M. (1997). A Treasure Chest of Behavioral Strategies for Individuals with Autism. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons, Inc.
• Wheeler, M. (2007). Toilet Training for Individuals with Autism or other Developmental Issues. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons, Inc.
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Questions?
• Contact Information:Tracy Palm, MS, BCBA
Founder/Executive Director
Transformations Autism Treatment Center
(901) 231-1931 office
www.transformingautism.com
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• All to often it seems as if toilet training is not addressed until later in childhood and sometimes not until teenage or even adult years
• SO I wanted to face this issue head on…
Common Trends
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Method #2:•Direct Contingency Toilet Training
•Based on the method created by Foxx and Azrin, 1971, 1973
•Method replicated multiple occasions with the same general results
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Direct Contingency Training
• Direct Contingency Training is comprised of several different components:
• Intensive schedules for: • Time on potty • Time off potty• Fluid intake
• Programmed Consequences for:• Successful Urinations• Self-Initiations
• Positive Practice for accidents• Communication Training
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Intensive SchedulesHour: Sit on Potty How much
time
between sits
Drink
Schedule
1 5 min sit 5 min off every 5
minutes
2 4 min sit 10 min off every 10
minutes
3 3 min sit 15 min off every 15
minutes
4 2 min sit 25 min off every 30
minutes
5 1 min sit 35 min off every 30
minutes
6 1 min sit 45 min off every 30
minutes
7 1 min sit 60 min off every 30
minutes
8 1 min sit 1.5 hours off every 30
minutes
91 min sit
2 hours off every 30
minutes
101 min sit
2.5 hours off every 30
minutes
111 min sit
3 hours off every 30
minutes
121 min sit
4 hours off every 30
minutes
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Programmed Consequences
• Frequent mini preference assessments are conducted• A few of the more highly preferred reinforcers are used only for toilet training• Delivery of reinforcers are contingent upon the following two behaviors:
• Successful Urinations• Self-Initiations
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Positive PracticePositive Practice for accidents
• Tell the client “No wet pants” in a firm voice in the spot where the client had an accident. • Take the client to the potty and have the client sit on the potty for 30 seconds. While the client is on the potty provide little to no attention. • After the 30 seconds on the potty return to the location where the client had the accident and repeat steps 1 & 2 five times unless during one of the times on the potty the client has a successful urination.
• IF THE CLIENT HAS A SUCCESS: praise the client, sing songs, and deliver a reinforcer. Positive practice discontinues until the next accident.
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Participants6 participants• All under 3 years old• 5 boys, 1 girl• 2 completely non-verbal• 4 with limited language skills
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Results• 4 of the clients are now considered “potty trained” by our standards
• 2 of the clients discontinued potty training for the following reasons:
• 1 of the clients temporarily discontinued all services due to illness• The other client discontinued potty training as per the parents requests because of personal reasons • HOWEVER, the data for the two clients who discontinued potty training was consistent with the 4 other clients who were successful
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Results: Client # 1
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Results: Client # 2
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Results: Client # 2 con’t
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Results: Client # 3
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Results: Client # 3 con’t
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References• Azrin, N. H., & Foxx, R. M. (1971). A rapid method of toilet trainingthe institutionalized retarded. Journal of Applied BehaviorAnalysis, 4, 89–99.
• LeBlanc, L. A., Carr, J. E., Crossett, S. E., Bennett, C. M., & Detweiler, D. D. (2005). Intensive outpatient behavioral treatment of primary urinary incontinence of children with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 20, 98–105.