This is helping our Potty Issues!!!
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| Wed, 05-23-2007 - 10:00pm |
I got this idea from a book, and sort of adapted it for our potty issues!! IT IS WORKING!!!!
Okay, tiny background - Elaina will be 6 on June 4th (sob ... they grow too fast!) Anyway, she has major potty hygiene issues. She never wipes, flushes, or washes her hands. I can't tell you many pairs of underpants we have tossed because ... well ... EW!
So, I had my mom make us 3 cards (she is a professional artist.). The first one says WIPE and has a picture of toilet paper, the next says FLUSH and has a picture of a hand flushing a toilet, and the third says WASH with hands (what else?) washing under a faucet. She also numbered them in the corners 1, 2, 3.
I "laminated" them with contact paper, and pinned them to the bathroom wall, at her eye level when she is sitting.
Elaina is a memorizer, and very visual, like so many other kids on the spectrum. These have been hanging in our bathroom for just a day and she seems to have already gotten this down pat! We went to Walmart today and she had to use the bathroom - she wiped, flushed, and washed! Of course, she very loudly described to me, in detail, about how well she was wiping, which was mortifying - but its better than nasty, yucky underpants!
I know a lot of AS kids have similar potty troubles so I just wanted to share. I am going to try to scan the cards into my computer so people can print them, if anyone is interested just let me know and I'll put them into photobucket so everyone can access them.
~Rose
DD 6/4/01
DD 8/18/04
Baby girl due 7/27/07

Yay Rose!!!!
Those ittle visual cues are worth their weight in gold, aren't they?
Thanks for the offer to share.
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that's great!
can your mom make me ones for brushing teeth or for the whole showering process?? the visual cues are great. I just wish we could have them for everything -- school, home everything.
Betsy
I see money in someones future if she could put a bunch of visual aids like this.. I would get a set. post some in the bathroom(tired of major skid marked undies), bathroom for teeth and hand washing etc..
What other cue cards could we have?
Rina
I am so glad that is working for you guys!