Today I begin on an adventure of poop training one of my students. I will call him A. He is 8 years old and non-verbal. And my class is a severe needs class. This is what led me to embark on this challenge: He is able to make himself pee when he sits on the toilet. He poops regularly after eating—he usually poops twice during the school day, in the morning and then after lunch. He doesn’t like having poop in his diaper. He won’t let anyone know he pooped, but after a few minutes, he will start digging. He gets fed by G-tube so we have control of the timing of his food and water intake. He is highly motivated by the iPad. He will do ANYTHING for it. This is the golden ticket. He's also familiar with token boards. My main goal right now is for him to poop in the toilet. Then we can transition him to wearing underwear instead of a diaper which will help him to feel when he’s wet. Baby steps to full potty training. What we’ve been doing with him all sch
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