Guest guest Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 Hi, I am still having difficulty potty training my 6 year-old son who is on the spectrum. For #1 we take him to the bathroom every hour and for #2 he needs to have a pull up to do it. He refuses to sit on the potty and if I make him sit he holds it and then gets constipated. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try? Ivette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 We went to the bathroom every thirty minutes at home and at school. We set the microwave timer at home so we wouldn't forget and they used a food timer at school. Every time he did #1 we praised the heck out of him and gave him gummy bears. #2 was the hardest. We fed him tons of fiber like veggie juice and apples so we knew there was poop coming, and we kept track of how long after eating it was before he pooped so we had a general idea of when we needed to have him on the potty. We sat in the bathroom and read books, brought in a portable DVD player so he could watch TV on the potty, ANYTHING it took to keep him on the potty while we played the wait game. When he finally did poop on the potty we threw him a party and gave him a ring pop which is his favorite thing in the world. We went through a lot of ring pops there for a while as we rewarded the heck out of him every time he used the potty. We made him stay in the bathroom with us when we used it so he could see that everyone used the potty, and it was a joint effort between us, the school, and his ABA therapist. I had potty training added to his IEP and we followed our Behavior Analyst's advise and protocols for potty training. It took a year and a half to get him completely potty trained and I knew once it was done, there was nothing I couldn't achieve. Potty Training Hi, I am still having difficulty potty training my 6 year-old son who is on the spectrum. For #1 we take him to the bathroom every hour and for #2 he needs to have a pull up to do it. He refuses to sit on the potty and if I make him sit he holds it and then gets constipated. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try? Ivette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 You could try repeated readings together of a potty-training book for toddlers. This helped my daughter to understand the concept even though she is non-verbal. Even so, she was around 7 years old before she consistently took herself to the toilet. The #2 thing came later then the #1 thing. At age 9 she only has accidents occasionally and then it is usually in bed at night. However, when she is out of her home or school, it is important to bring her to a toilet every couple of hours if she doesn't request one on her own. Don't get too discouraged with your son's slow progress, our kids are different but they are awesome!! > > Hi, > I am still having difficulty potty training my 6 year-old son who is on the spectrum. For #1 we take him to the bathroom every hour and for #2 he needs to have a pull up to do it. He refuses to sit on the potty and if I make him sit he holds it and then gets constipated. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try? > > Ivette > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 We trained ours in one day. Strip him naked and watch him like a hawk, when he makes his move and he will, rush him to the toilet. Reward Reward Dance Sing Praise To: sList Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2011 10:35:55 AMSubject: Re: Potty Training You could try repeated readings together of a potty-training book for toddlers. This helped my daughter to understand the concept even though she is non-verbal. Even so, she was around 7 years old before she consistently took herself to the toilet. The #2 thing came later then the #1 thing. At age 9 she only has accidents occasionally and then it is usually in bed at night. However, when she is out of her home or school, it is important to bring her to a toilet every couple of hours if she doesn't request one on her own. Don't get too discouraged with your son's slow progress, our kids are different but they are awesome!!>> Hi,> I am still having difficulty potty training my 6 year-old son who is on the spectrum. For #1 we take him to the bathroom every hour and for #2 he needs to have a pull up to do it. He refuses to sit on the potty and if I make him sit he holds it and then gets constipated. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try?> > Ivette> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 It's like you are talking about my son. His psychologist is working with him on this. As soon as we figure out how to get him to have a BM without diapers, will let you know. Currently, he still does it in the diaper, however, instead of going in the closet or a room where he is alone, he goes to the bathroom and stands beside his potty. Soon, she will be transitioning him to go besied the toilet...etc. He is rewarded each time he goes beside his potty, and not hiding in the closet. Regards, Sophia Bramwell begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"...Dr. Seuss Subject: Potty TrainingTo: sList Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 1:56 PM Hi, I am still having difficulty potty training my 6 year-old son who is on the spectrum. For #1 we take him to the bathroom every hour and for #2 he needs to have a pull up to do it. He refuses to sit on the potty and if I make him sit he holds it and then gets constipated. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try? Ivette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Our family tried 5 different styles of potty training and none were successful. The only way it worked for us was having a trained behavior person do a 3 day intense potty training. We had to leave and they did what they do best. Then when we got home we had to put life on hold for about 2 weeks didn't go any where so that she stayed successful without any accidents. Couldn't use pull ups or diapers any more at night because they will revert back to going in them at night. I washed tons of sheets those weeks but afterwards she was trained at age 5 and has been she is 13 now.It was not cheap but worth every penny to have our child be able to take care of her self and be successful. You should look for a behavior agency that has experience in this and has someone on staff that has a track record of success with intense potty training. The person that we used was in Tampa but I'm sure they have folks here that can do the same thing. If interested in this route you might want to try Reaching Potentials.KathySent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerrySender: sList Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:35:55 -0000To: <sList >ReplyTo: sList Subject: Re: Potty Training You could try repeated readings together of a potty-training book for toddlers. This helped my daughter to understand the concept even though she is non-verbal. Even so, she was around 7 years old before she consistently took herself to the toilet. The #2 thing came later then the #1 thing. At age 9 she only has accidents occasionally and then it is usually in bed at night. However, when she is out of her home or school, it is important to bring her to a toilet every couple of hours if she doesn't request one on her own. Don't get too discouraged with your son's slow progress, our kids are different but they are awesome!!>> Hi,> I am still having difficulty potty training my 6 year-old son who is on the spectrum. For #1 we take him to the bathroom every hour and for #2 he needs to have a pull up to do it. He refuses to sit on the potty and if I make him sit he holds it and then gets constipated. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try?>  > Ivette> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Our son is now 16 but we also went through potty problems, including the dreaded poop smearing. A couple of weeks after putting him on the GFCF diet he started using the potty appropriately by himself, no coaxing or directing, he just went in and did it. Worked for us, Steve > > > > Subject: Potty Training > To: sList > Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 1:56 PM > > >  > > > > > > > > > Hi, > I am still having difficulty potty training my 6 year-old son who is on the spectrum. For #1 we take him to the bathroom every hour and for #2 he needs to have a pull up to do it. He refuses to sit on the potty and if I make him sit he holds it and then gets constipated. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try? >  > Ivette > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 We did the naked thing too, but there are several problems we have had a consequence. The first is you have to watch them like a hawk because they will go anywhere they feel, and the second is it took forever to get him to not pee in other people's yards. Re: Potty Training You could try repeated readings together of a potty-training book for toddlers. This helped my daughter to understand the concept even though she is non-verbal. Even so, she was around 7 years old before she consistently took herself to the toilet. The #2 thing came later then the #1 thing. At age 9 she only has accidents occasionally and then it is usually in bed at night. However, when she is out of her home or school, it is important to bring her to a toilet every couple of hours if she doesn't request one on her own. Don't get too discouraged with your son's slow progress, our kids are different but they are awesome!! > > Hi, > I am still having difficulty potty training my 6 year-old son who is on the spectrum. For #1 we take him to the bathroom every hour and for #2 he needs to have a pull up to do it. He refuses to sit on the potty and if I make him sit he holds it and then gets constipated. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try? > > Ivette > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 We try to figure out his prefer time of the day to do number four which was in the afternoon after dinner. Then instead of putting the pull up I watch him like a hawk looking for cues to figure it out when he was ready. As soon as he was ready I took him to the nearest toilet at home until he did it on the toilet. It took me years to finalize the toilet training and now he is 10 years old. It was the best time invested and our quality of life increase a lot. Now we are working on the wipe thing. Sent from my iPadOmayra Matamoros, MHSA, JD You could try repeated readings together of a potty-training book for toddlers. This helped my daughter to understand the concept even though she is non-verbal. Even so, she was around 7 years old before she consistently took herself to the toilet. The #2 thing came later then the #1 thing. At age 9 she only has accidents occasionally and then it is usually in bed at night. However, when she is out of her home or school, it is important to bring her to a toilet every couple of hours if she doesn't request one on her own. Don't get too discouraged with your son's slow progress, our kids are different but they are awesome!! > > Hi, > I am still having difficulty potty training my 6 year-old son who is on the spectrum. For #1 we take him to the bathroom every hour and for #2 he needs to have a pull up to do it. He refuses to sit on the potty and if I make him sit he holds it and then gets constipated. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try? > > Ivette > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 My ASD son didn't care if he was naked, and he didn't care where he peed. He'd stand in front of the tv and pee, and he'd pee in the backyard/park like our dogs. By age 4 he still was not using the toilet, so a friend suggested a treasure box, like they use in school. Every time he used the toilet he got a tiny toy (Mcs Happy Meal Toys, YuGiOh cards, Hot Wheels cars...dollar stuff). That worked for #1. Then for #2, eventually we told him that he could not have his birthday party if he did not use the toilet all the time. It worked and we never had bed wetting, accidents, etc. Something just 'clicked' for him and we lived happily ever after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Thats true, my son peed on a plant inside Home depot once. To: sList Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2011 7:28:06 PMSubject: Re: Re: Potty Training We did the naked thing too, but there are several problems we have had a consequence. The first is you have to watch them like a hawk because they will go anywhere they feel, and the second is it took forever to get him to not pee in other people's yards. Re: Potty Training You could try repeated readings together of a potty-training book for toddlers. This helped my daughter to understand the concept even though she is non-verbal. Even so, she was around 7 years old before she consistently took herself to the toilet. The #2 thing came later then the #1 thing. At age 9 she only has accidents occasionally and then it is usually in bed at night. However, when she is out of her home or school, it is important to bring her to a toilet every couple of hours if she doesn't request one on her own. Don't get too discouraged with your son's slow progress, our kids are different but they are awesome!!>> Hi,> I am still having difficulty potty training my 6 year-old son who is on the spectrum. For #1 we take him to the bathroom every hour and for #2 he needs to have a pull up to do it. He refuses to sit on the potty and if I make him sit he holds it and then gets constipated. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try?> > Ivette> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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