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Ideas for Toilet Training  by Ann Haig Wheeler, Down Syndrome Centre in Dublin, Ireland

 Toilet training - what if you could make it fun, fun, fun?

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 New Potty Training DVD!!

Wendy Sweeney, the founder of Booty Camp, has put together a DVD in order to share her potty-training expertise and method with parents.  Ms. Sweeney is a registered nurse and has successfully trained more than 650 children, including a number of children with special needs.  Her program has been featured in People magazine, on the Today Show and the Doctors Show, and in numerous network news stories.

 The DVD gives parents all the tools they need to implement the Booty Camp method at home.  the complete DVD kit costs $89.99 and includes a CD, an instructional manual, supplemental instructions for children with special needs, as well as flash cards and reinforcement tools, such as stickers.  The kit can be purchased online at www.bootycampmom.com or by contacting Wendy Sweeney at (630) 762-9612.

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Toilet Training: Strategies for Success in Children With Developmental Disabilities

By ALISON SCHONWALD, MD
Harvard Medical School | June 30, 2009
Dr Schonwald is assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

 

The readiness of a child with a developmental disability to begin toilet training is determined by his or her achievement of the requisite developmental milestones rather than by chronological age. The specific strategies used in training are determined by the child's specific diagnosis.

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Last updated on January 20, 2010 by Linda