HELP my son is only half potty trained!!

Jenny - posted on 01/31/2009

Find a reinforcer he's motivated by. This could be M&Ms, a toy... anything. Create a social story about pooping on the potty - how he should let you know, how it's O.K., how proud you will be, what he will get when he does it. Read this story to him when he is on the potty and talk about it. Maybe get some wet flushable wipes. I found out the wiping is what my son dreaded and he prefers wet wipes (because that is what he is used to). Show him the wipes and reassure him that you will help. Give him a little taste of the reward (maybe one M&M) for trying and say, "thank you for trying to go poop in the potty". It is not uncommon for a child with autism to take much longer to get the hang of potty training.

Louise - posted on 01/29/2009

I am in the process of potty training my 2 and a half yr old son, who has Aspergers, but is high functioning.  He had a complete melt down when we introduced the potty, but with lots of praise and a reward system, he now goes on the potty with less aversion to it.  I got a box a painted it and put stickers on it and filled it with stuff he likes and whenever he goes he gets to pick something from it.  It worked to get him going.  Hope this helps.

Billie - posted on 01/29/2009

Hi there have you tried a sticker chart with rewards for pooping on the potty?

we found it worked really well with our son

Cheryl - posted on 01/28/2009

I went thru the same thing with my 19 year old when he was young.  He didn't fully master potty training until he was 8!  We tried everything.  I believe it finally happened when he was ready physically. 

Dara - posted on 01/28/2009

We are having similar issues. My son is 4 and has PDD, SUb-clinical epilepsy with brain damage from the seizures and developmental delays. He was potty trained by the therapists in august and we just had to revisit this in december. He does not go poopie in the potty yet. HE will only go in the pull up out of fear that it will be on the floor or a big mess. We were told to let it go for now and let him be successful with this first step. Unfortunately the only way to get him to go poopie on the potty for us, is when Sammy says he has to go poopie, put him on the potty. You can use rewards as incentive..they dont work with Sammy. A trip to the toy store somehwere he likes to go, food, anything that will make it a positive. Hope this helps a little and if something works let us know!