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What is Toilet Training?

Regardless of age, toilet training involves many steps. The child who is truly toilet trained does not announce that he has to use the bathroom. He goes by himself (self initiation), closes the door, sits on the toilet without a pull-up or a diaper, defecates, and wipes himself. He then flushes the toilet, washes his hand, and leaves the bathroom without announcing that he has gone to the bathroom.

There is controversy by what age a child should be completely toilet trained. However, it is generally agreed upon that children without special needs are usually toilet trained for stool by 3 to 3 1/2 years of age. Children with special needs including delayed development, low tone (hypotonia) or autism may take longer to toilet train and may be able to achieve only certain aspects of toilet training. For instance, a child with delayed motor development who is in a wheel chair may not be able to get onto a toilet by himself or even wipe himself but still may be toilet trained in all other aspects of the process. What is agreed upon is that any child who is withholding and or having stool accidents has not achieved what might be expected.

What is Stool Withholding?
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