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Toileting Sequence

Forum References FAQ's Quiz Lecture Introduction This lesson will outline the specific steps, or task analysis, in toileting.

Division TEACCH of North Carolina has a long history of working with individuals with ASD. Their web site www.teacch.com/toilet.htm posts some very helpful toilet training tips relevant to individuals with ASD. Other experts in the field note that is important to think of toileting as a series of related events, rather than simply "going to the toilet". The following breakdown of tasks identifies the complicated series of skills necessary to toilet oneself independently.

  1. Recognize the need to go to the bathroom (the individual must begin to recognize the relationship between bladder fullness and the resulting feeling of emptying the bladder)
  2. Wait to eliminate (again, this is a developing awareness)
  3. Find the bathroom and enter (this needs to be taught specifically, especially in other environments)
  4. Pull down pants (start with easy to remove clothing)
  5. Sit on toilet, or eventually stand, if a boy (young boys may start out sitting, older boys may prefer to stand)
  6. Void in toilet
  7. Get toilet tissue
  8. Wipe
  9. Throw tissue in toilet
  10. Pull up pants
  11. Flush toilet (1 time)
  12. Wash hands (this is also a task that can be broken down into many components!)

Now you are beginning to see how complicated this process is! For individuals with ASD, help with the organization and sequence of toileting is a priority.

 

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