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Name: domboots4
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I have been trying to potty train my son who is 5 and has pdd-nos.Tonight i have been in the bathroomfor 2 hours.giving him plenty to drink. I know he has to go but he still is holding it.And keeps on trying to put on a pull up. PLEASE HELP !
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Name: kissynoel | Date: Nov 3rd, 2006 3:26 AM
My son was hard to potty train to..this is how I finally got him to go in the toliet..I got a water gun out filled it with water and held it like he would if he had to go potty then started spraying the water into the toliet...after I did that I told him it was his turn and low and behold he did it! I know it sounds funny but I was desperate! so I hope this helps! 

Name: felicia | Date: Nov 3rd, 2006 8:59 AM
Dear Domboots4

Hi there, its so hard to potty train at the best of times, but when it involves an autistic child its twice as bad.

Positve reinforcement does get results however. What does your son really, really like to eat/hold/drink/have? If you find out what that is, you may be able to start a reward system. He sits on the toilet, he gets a little tiny bit of a skittle? If he actually uses the toilet he may get a whole saltana? See what I mean?

This will also take time, but no where near as much as trying to keep him on the toilet for 2 hours. My advice would be to leave it now for 2 days (because by now he would associate the toilet with being forced to stay there) Give him time to perhaps forget that, and then after 2 days, take him to the toilet and as soon as he sits there without you holding him there, give him his reward and amazing amounts of praise. If he gets off start again. he will soon learn that if he sits there without being forced, he gets a reward! The first time he uses the toilet make a really big deal out of it and give him something whole eg. 1whole skittle, 2 saltanas, whatever he really likes.

Never keep him in the toilet for more than 5 minutes to start with and as he gets the hang of it, stretch that time out.

Hope this technique works for you!

Kind thoughts,

Felicia 

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