Southwark Developing Toileting Skills for Autistic Children 28/7/2025

Early Years
Schools
Developing Toileting in the Early Years
Date
28 July, 2025
Time
02:00:PM - 04:00:PM
organiser
venue

United Kingdom

Online training
Venue telephone number
Local authority location of training
  • Southwark

Who is this Module For?

This module is aimed at all education professionals working in the Early Years, which includes childminders, preschools, nurseries and school reception classes. 

Description 

This module is intended to develop your understanding of how autism can impact on toileting. The module also aims to equip you with strategies to enable and support autistic children to develop their toileting in the setting and at home, through effective communication with parents and carers.

The aims

Developing Toileting in the Early Years’ will support you:

  • To increase your understanding of toileting development.   
  • To develop your understanding of how autism can impact upon a child's toileting.   
  • To build your awareness of strategies that can be used to support autistic children with their toileting development. 

Learning Objectives

After completing Developing Toileting in the Early Years’, you will be able to:

  • Understand that autism is a difference not a deficit. 
  • Understand how the Three Areas of Difference in autism may impact on toileting. 
  • Understand the importance of all adults working together to support the child with toileting. 
  • Develop knowledge of how to support autistic children with toileting. 
  • Create a plan which will ensure that autistic children are supported with toileting. 

Session length

The length of the training session will depend on the training partner delivering the session. Please get in touch with them directly to enquire about this. If you can't see their contact details, please search for your local training partner and enquire. 

Aims of the Module

  • To understand that autism is a DIFFERENCE not a DEFICIT.
  • To understand the importance of working with others to support children to develop independent toileting skills.
  • To develop knowledge of how to support children to achieve toileting independence.
  • To plan and deliver a Child-Centred Toileting Plan, that will ensure children make progress in developing toileting skills.

Learning Objectives

After Completing this module, delegates will:

  • Understand how autism can impact on children developing independent toileting skills.
  • Understand the importance of all adults working together to support the development of independent toileting skills.
  • Consider how to remove barriers to developing toileting skills and how to make reasonable adjustments to support further toileting independence.