Resolving Barriers to Continence for Children with Disabilities: Steps Toward Evidence-Based Practice
Maeve G. Donnelly,
Amanda M. Karsten
Abstract:Behavior-analytic toilet training (BATT) methods to support urine continence have been reviewed and replicated in numerous studies. Despite empirical validations of BATT, children with disabilities may not experience successful toilet training nor access the associated health and social benefits of urinary continence. It is possible these outcomes are partially due to practical barriers that arise throughout urine training. In practice, barriers may interfere with toilet training to the extent that training is… Show more
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