Free Teleclass For Tackling Toilet Training Your Autistic Child

Free Teleclass Helps Parents of Autistic Children Tackle the Challenges of Toilet Training
Are you thinking of potty training your child? Are your current potty training efforts going down the drain? Stop flushing your time away and get the support you need to tackle toilet training with confidence and success.

Connie Hammer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 01, 2010 – Parent Coaching for Autism, a subsidiary of The Progressive Parent, LLC, announces an upcoming teleclass, From Bathroom Battles to Bathroom Bliss – Toilet Training Tactics that Work, scheduled for Thursday, June 17 beginning at 8:30pm Eastern. This informative class is designed to assist parents of young children on the autism spectrum develop the mindset and strategies necessary for mastering the important self-care skill of using the toilet independently. Weaning a child from diapers is one of the biggest challenges a parent will undertake and learning to do it with less stress and more confidence enhances the possibility of success.

“Although this teleclass is geared to parents of children with autism, the tactics work for any and all children,” says Connie Hammer, owner of The Progressive Parent, LLC. “This call will provide valuable information and techniques on potty training to help any parent conquer this childhood milestone by learning new ideas, practicing new strategies or tweaking the ones they have already tried.”

Topics addressed in this teleclass will include:
• How to determine readiness in your child
• The importance of establishing a routine
• Communication strategies that break down barriers and more. . .

Parents who want to assess where they are in the potty training process and move on to the next step can register at http://www.parentcoachingforautism.com/bathroom-bliss.

Hammer is the owner of The Progressive Parent, LLC, http://www.theprogressiveparent.com, a parent coaching business founded in 2005. As a parent educator and certified parent coach, Hammer helps parents uncover abilities and change possibilities with her more than twenty years of experience working with families. A licensed social worker, she currently supports parents of young children recently diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. For additional information, visit http://www.parentcoachingforautism.com

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The Progressive Parent, LLC offers quality parent coaching services, workshops & tele-seminars to individuals, couples & groups. Parent Coaching for Autism, a subsidiary of The Progressive Parent, supports parents of young children recently diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Membership to the Parent Chat Club and free information are available in the form of an e-course, Parenting Your Autistic Child - 3 Secrets to Thrive, to help parents positively impact their parenting vision, voice and path. In addition to a weekly newsletter, The Spectrum, packed full of strategies and insights to parent with more confidence and ease. For more information, visit www.parentcoachingforautism.com

Potty Training To Be or Not To Be

One of the hardest things I have had to face with my autistic child is potty training. He is ten years old and does not want to go to the bathroom independently. If I tell him to go to the bathroom he will. The problem is, I don't know when he has to use the bathroom. I just periodically tell him. My husband and I have put him on a reward system for potty training. When he wets his pullup, we take away one of his favorite things. When he goes to the bathroom independently, he gets one back.

Right now, he has a lot of his things put away. We remind him continuously to keep his pullup dry. We tell him to remember to use the bathroom and not his pullup. We don't tell him to go to the bathroom and we don't take him to the bathroom. This approach seems to work at times and not at times. When we are away from home, he is really good at "telling" us that he has to go to the bathroom. At home, it seems like he has to have everything taken away before he starts using the bathroom on his own.

We are not giving up. We have been doing this for a week and it seems like he is starting to give in and use the bathroom. He is so stubborn and wants us to tell him to use the bathroom and take him to it. It is my hope that we will be able to get him to the point where we don't even have to remind him to keep his pullup dry. I know it will take time, and am prepared to stick to this plan for the long term. I know my son is smart and that he understands what he is supposed to do. I also believe that he thinks we will give in and let him do what he wants to do. We are not going to give in. I hope that by the time school is out, he will be fully potty trained.