Toilet Training an Adolescent with Severe Mental Retardation in the Classroom: A Case Study

In the current case report, we implemented a treatment that improved the toileting skills at school for a 19-year-old-female diagnosed with mental retardation. The treatment program was implemented in a self-contained special education classroom. An ABAB single subject replication design was employe...

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Published inJournal of developmental and physical disabilities Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 111 - 118
Main Authors Sells-Love, Dana, Rinaldi, Lisa M., McLaughlin, T. F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer Nature B.V 01.06.2002
Subjects
Adolescents
Classrooms
Educational Assessment
Gifted
Individualized Education Programs
Individualized Programs
Intellectual disabilities
Interrater Reliability
Language Skills
Observational Learning
Opportunities
Periodicals
Physical Disabilities
Positive Reinforcement
Program Implementation
Psychological Patterns
Public Schools
Receptive Language
Sanitary Facilities
Severe Intellectual Disability
Special education
Special Education Teachers
Success
Supervision
Teaching Assistants
Time
Toilet training
Treatment programs
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ISSN1056-263X
1573-3580
DOI10.1023/A:1015272212804

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Summary:In the current case report, we implemented a treatment that improved the toileting skills at school for a 19-year-old-female diagnosed with mental retardation. The treatment program was implemented in a self-contained special education classroom. An ABAB single subject replication design was employed to evaluate the effects of the in class toilet training program. The number of occasions that the student was observed wet declined and the number of times she successfully used the bathroom for urination increased. There were significant treatment differences found for both behaviors. The overall outcomes demonstrate that a toilet training treatment program could be successfully instituted in the school setting. The positive and negative aspects of toilet training in the classroom are discussed.
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ISSN:1056-263X
1573-3580
DOI:10.1023/A:1015272212804