Course Contents:

Chapter 1 Potty training in the young child

Lesson 1: Introduction

Lesson 2: Potty readiness – a new milestone

Lesson 3: What do we need to start potty training?

Lesson 4: Tips to prepare the child for potty training

Lesson 5: Potty training practice

Lesson 6: Why feeling comfortable using the potty is important

Lesson 7: Why feeling comfortable using the potty is important

Lesson 8: Helping the child learn through play

Lesson 9: Perfecting Potty Skills

Lesson 10: Signs that a child may need to urinate or pass a stool

Lesson 11: Nap times

Lesson 12: Managing accidents

Chapter 2 Potty Training Problems

Lesson 1: Potty Training Problems

Lesson 2: Potty Regression

Lesson 3: Common Potty-Training Problems

Lesson 4: Problems Passing Stools

Lesson 5: Children with additional needs

Chapter 3 Sensory Needs and Toilet Training

Lesson 1: Our Sensory World

Lesson 2: Sensory Information

Lesson 3: Sensory Problems

Lesson 4: Sensory Aspects of Toilet Training

Lesson 5: Helping Children with Sensory Needs

Lesson 6: How to build sensory input into a child’s daily routine

Lesson 7: Altering Sensory Input

Chapter 4: Interoception and toilet training

Lesson 1: What is Interoception?

Lesson 2: How does Interoception work?

Lesson 3: Learning our body’s signals

Lesson 4: Understanding our body’s signals

Lesson 5: Interoception and toilet training

Lesson 6: Emotional understanding and Interoception

Lesson 7: Autism and Interoception

Chapter 5: Toilet Anxiety

Lesson 1: What is Toilet Anxiety?

Lesson 2: Why toilet anxiety?

Lesson 3: Background/External Factors to Consider

Lesson 4: Sensory Factors

Lesson 5: How to Help Toilet Anxiety

Chapter 6: Witholding

Lesson 1: What is witholding?

Lesson 2: Why does it happen?

Lesson 3: The withholding cycle

Lesson 4: Stool and Urine withholding

Lesson 5: How withholding can affect behaviour

Lesson 6: Signs of withholding

Lesson 7: Why do some children withhold?