Toilet training can be difficult for any child.
Especially for autism and special needs children, it can be a really hard skill to master.
Storybooks and social stories with illustrations can be useful tools to help prepare children with toilet training.
It can help to communicate to children about the expectations of a particular situation, such as using the toilet.
These books explain the toileting process with pictures and ensure children know what to expect when using the bathroom at home and school.
These books also explain toileting more simply and interestingly for children to understand.
Here are some of the best illustrated storybooks and social stories for toilet training:
1. Toilet Time: A training kit for boys
(by Dr Janet Hall)
This toilet training kit includes:
- An easy-to-follow 16-page instructional guide for parents
- A 16-page illustrated storybook designed to encourage children as they learn
- Two reward charts featuring engaging characters
- 48 reward stickers to motivate children and positively reinforce success
2. Toilet Time: A training kit for girls
(by Dr Janet Hall)
This toilet training kit includes:
- An easy-to-follow 16-page instructional guide for parents
- A 16-page illustrated storybook designed to encourage children as they learn
- Two reward charts featuring engaging characters
- 48 reward stickers to motivate children and positively reinforce success
3. I Have to Go!
(by Robert Munsch)
This book tells a story about a little boy in the throes of toilet training.
4. Meet The Poo's
(by Rob Renee)
This book tells an interesting story about a shy Poo named Peter Poo and his family. It is written to take the emphasis the child to use of the toilet instead of removing pressure and blaming Peter Poo for accidents and creating a will to help Peter.
5. Everyone Poops
(by Taro Gomi)
This book contains visually engaging illustrations and provides an educational guide on the concept of going to the bathroom. It is hilarious and will appeal to young children.
6. Daniel's Potty Time
(by Alexandra Schwartz)
This storybook tells a story about Daniel Tiger going to the potty. It includes a double-sided poster with an “I Spy” game that little tigers can play while they’re sitting on the toilet.
7. We Poop on the Potty!
(by Little Grasshopper Books)
This perfect book will make parents and kids laugh during potty training!
Each page of this book emphasizes that wherever animals may poop, humans poop on the potty.
8. Dinno Potty: Learn to potty with Dinno
(by Rainstorm Publishing)
This storybook tells a story about a friendly dinosaur learning how to use the potty and put on his brand-new underwear. With easy rhymes and vibrant illustrations, this book is a wonderful resource to teach children all of the potty training steps, from flushing the toilet to washing hands.
9. Ready, Set, Potty!
(by Brenda Batts)
This is the perfect book to help with toilet training for children with Autism and other developmental disorders. It outlines tested methods and strategies that really work and have helped even the most despairing of parents and caregivers.
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