Toilet Training

Children with fragile X syndrome often have delays in toilet training. Read up on strategies for teaching this skill and then choose one or a variation of one to try with your child to see the response. If your child shows some success, then continue the training. If your child is resistant or it appears your child is not ready, stop the process. Then, step back -- look at what worked and what did not work, and figure out how you want to approach it next time. Your child will have success.

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Additional information:

• Let's Get Going: Toileting Ideas with Karen Riley, PhD, Cindi Rogers, parent, and Jayne Dixon Weber, Coordinator of Support Services, NFXF & parent. A 65 minute recorded interview about toileting ideas.
  April 2009
• Please Don’t Poo-Poo This Article
  By Jayne Dixon Weber, March 2009
• Toilet Training
  By Karen Riley, PhD, Jennifer Epstien, PsyD. July 2008
• Toilet Training Children with Fragile X
  By Glenn Penkava, July 2006
• Toilet Training Children with Fragile X Syndrome: An Overview and Guide
  By Deborah Kwan and Glenn Penkava, December 2005
• It's Not If, It's How and When: Toilet Training in Less Than a Century
  By Jeffrey Cohen, 2002
• Toilet Training The Child With Fragile X Syndrome
  By Franci Crepeau-Hobson, PhD and Rebecca O'Connor MA

Books

• Even Firefighters Go to the Potty: A Potty Training Lift-the-Flap Story, by Wendy Wax, Naomi Wax, 2008.
• Everyday Solutions: A Practical Guide for Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, by Mindy Small, Lisa Kontente, 2003.
• It's Potty Time for Girls: Potty Training Made Easy! by Chris Sharp (Illustrator), Gary Currant (Illustrator), 2008.
• The No-Cry Potty Training Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers, by Elizabeth Pantley, 2006.
• Once Upon a Potty – Boy, by Alona Frankel, 2007.
• Once Upon a Potty – Girl, by Alona Frankel, 2007.
• The Potty Journey: Guide to Toilet Training Children with Special Needs, Including Autism and Related Disorders, by Judith A. Coucouvanis, 2008.
• Potty Time with Elmo: 7 Button Little Sound Book (Play-a-Song Series), by Staff of Publications International, 2005.
• Road to Independence: Independence Skills Training for Special Needs Children, by Brenda M. Batts, 2004.
• Small Steps Forward: Using Games and Activities to Help Your Pre-School Child with Special Needs, by Sarah Newman, 2008.
• Toilet Training for Individuals with Autism or Other Developmental Issues, by Maria Wheeler, 2007.
• Toilet Training in Less Than a Day, by Nathan H. Azrin, Richard M. Foxx, 1989.
• Understanding Your Young Child with Special Needs, by Pamela Bartram, 2007.