This workshop with licensed clinical psychologist Jennifer Epstein is for caregivers of individuals with FXS. It provides an overview of methods (general strategies with modifications for FXS and trip and schedule training) that support the practice of readiness skills.
Dr. Jennifer Epstein reviews toilet strategies for use with older individuals (age 10 through adulthood).
Learn about ways to support growth in toilet readiness skills. This workshop provides you with specialized information about modifications that may make toilet training more successful based on the neurobiology of FXS and data from other families from the FORWARD project.
Toilet training is not simply delayed for children with FXS; it often requires behavioral techniques that address their physical and behavioral phenotype
Toilet training continues to be an important issue for families who have children with Fragile X syndrome. There is hope for older children (about age 8 and up), but they require a different approach to toilet training. This article addresses the strategies found to be the most successful in this population.