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Toilet training children with sensory impairments in a residential school setting
Author(s) -
Luiselli James K.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/bin.2360090205
Subject(s) - toileting , toilet , psychology , developmental psychology , sensory system , activities of daily living , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , medicine , pathology
Acquisition of toileting skills is an essential educational objective for children with developmental disabilities. However, there are few empirical reports of toilet training programs for children who have developmental disabilities and combined sensory impairments. The present studies evaluated toileting programs for two children with multiple disabilities and vision and hearing deficits. The programs featured systematic prompting, scheduling, and reinforcement procedures that were applied in a residential school setting. Each child was successfully habit‐trained with results maintained 1–5 months posttraining. One of the children also demonstrated consistent, self‐initiated toileting.