Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: There are limited resources specific to preparing for and developing individualized, intensive toilet-training programs for individuals with developmental disabilities. This has resulted in practitioners omitting critical steps within the program-development phase and hastily including unnecessarily intrusive training components, leading to unfavorable training contexts and variable caregiver buy-in. The purpose of this article is to discuss ethical and practical considerations for developing intensive toilet training programs. We do not provide guidance on toilet-training protocols, as this has been extensively described elsewhere. Instead, we offer recommendations to bridge the existing gap in the literature for toilet training planning that is focused on medical considerations, risk assessment, choice to participate, data collection systems, and caregiver collaboration.
Source: Behavior Analysis in Practice
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,290
OpenAlex ID: W4416088337