Advances Toilet Training Aba is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of home routines, treatment sessions, interdisciplinary consultation, and health-related skill support. In Advances Toilet Training Aba, for this course, the practical stakes show up in safe, humane intervention that respects health variables and daily-life feasibility, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: Behavior University
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Join Free →Toilet training: one of the most socially valid skills that behavior analysts are confronted with, yet still often misunderstood and misapplied.Many families of children with autism spectrum disorder find toilet training challenging and rely on their applied behavior analysis therapy team for help. How do we help our clients and their families with such a socially important skill? This webinar will review the most recent literature on toilet training for children on the autism spectrum. We will discuss updates to and ethical implications of the Azrin and Foxx (1971) procedure, particularly as it relates to assent. We will examine what to do when the most commonly used procedures fail and how to set our clients up for success. Finally, we will discuss toilet training in the telehealth era and ways to empower families with tools and skills necessary to carry out successful toileting programs at home. Dr. DiGangi did incredible on the sources we had, I do think that maybe I was expecting more of an answer, but the research hasn't been done, so we have to keep experimenting as scientists. I was disappointed in this CEU. I expected research-based updates on toilet training protocols, but instead the focus was primarily on general ethical discussions and assent-related commentary that felt redundant for a professional audience. While the importance of assent and compassionate care is undisputed and clearly outlined by the BACB, spending an entire session emphasizing these points—rather than providing data-driven updates or practical strategies—felt misaligned with the stated topic and the needs of experienced practitioners. Moreover, those engaging in unethical or outdated practices are unlikely to be the ones attending these trainings. Future CEUs would be more valuable if they focused on current evidence, emerging research, and applied best practices relevant to competent professionals in the field. This is another great presentation, and I enjoyed the information presented by Dr. DiGangi. The information she provided on toilet training tips is also useful for neurotypical children. I really appreciated the inclusion of parental training in these techniques to encourage consistency across environments.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB | 2.5 | General |
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