Toilet Training RECS Learning Module

Objectives

1. Advise caregivers on ways to introduce toilet training to the child
2. Identify organic causes of toilet training resistance and encopresis
3. Advise caregivers on how to handle toilet training resistance

Articles/Resources

Toilet Training - Peds in Review (2010)

Toilet Training Methods, Clinical Interventions, and Recommendations-Pediatrics (1999)

Self-quiz:

1. At what age are most children in the US potty trained
2. Up to what age is it considered normal to bed-wet
3. What are some things you can advise parents to help a child get ready for potty training
4. T or F?  Children who have difficulty toilet training have more difficult temperaments than children who do not have difficulty
5. Name at least 3 readiness signs for potty training
6. At what age should you be concerned that the child is not potty trained by/do an evaluation?

Reviewed 9/2017