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give it to the child outside the toilet, without
involving the other children or the rest of the
staff/family.
This attention to the child’s privacy is due to the
fact that most children with disabilities are toilet
trained at a relatively late age and, together
with the physical toilet training, it is important to
teach habits of going to the toilet in privacy and
strengthen their understanding that their body
is theirs alone.
10.
What is the connection between
behavioral problems and toilet
accidents?
Even when toilet training children without
disabilities, the child often “uses” accidents to
express feelings, dissatisfaction, or to attract
attention. With children with disabilities, this
sometimes becomes exaggerated.
In our
experience, in the large majority of cases it is
recommended to ignore it and continue giving
reinforcements only for successes, in order to
stop this behavior. At the same time, if this
behavior continues over time it is worth holding
a meeting with the staff and family in order to
build a broader program to deal with the
problem.