Toileting Resources

Toileting challenges are tough! Whether toddler potty training versus older children experiencing enuresis, encopresis or just general backsliding, it can be just as hard on families as it is on kids. Children who have experienced trauma and disrupted attachments, or physical or sexual abuse, can reflect trauma in their toileting patterns. For some children, their bodily abilities may be directly physically impacted. Others have genetic tendencies or health conditions that impact toileting. Either way shame and punishment are not the answer! Kids need patience, empathy and practicality to solve these challenges - just like you do. Below are some resources that can help! Please also visit our Anxiety, Attachment, Autism, Early Childhood, Food Issues & Nutrition, Medical Care, Play, Prenatal Substance Exposure, Sensory Supports, Sexual Abuse Supports, Sleep and Trauma pages for more resources.

"Kids with trauma history don't need more punishment. And quite frankly, they don't need more stickers." ~Dr. Ross Greene - author in ORPARC's library

Websites

Supplies

Recommended Books & Articles

Toileting-related Materials in ORPARC's library and DIGITAL library plus Sensory-related Materials in ORPARC's library and DIGITAL library

Toileting general

Enuresis-specific

Encopresis (soiling) and smearing-specific

Potty Training

Bathroom Camping

Culturally-specific

Videos & Podcasts

Featured Favorites!

Toileting Problems; Toddlers, Teens, & In-Betweens (DVD or digital library) by Deborah Padgett Coehlo


Potty Train Your Dragon by Steven Herman


Ready, Set, Potty! by Brenda Batts


I Don't Want To Go To The Toilet by B. Annye Rothenberg

Bedwetting Unmasked by Dr. Baruch Kushnir

My Magical Body by Becky Cummings

Listening to My Body by Gabi Garcia & en español