Modeling listening to your own body
Kate C. Wilde has spent the past 30 years working with children
and adults on the ausm spectrum and their families, as well as
with therapists, educators, and schools. She is the author of the
acclaimed books, Ausc Logiscs: A Parent’s Guide to Tackling
Bedme, Toilet Training, Tantrums, Hing, and Other Everyday Challenges and
The Ausm Language Launcher: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Child Turn
Sounds and Words Into Simple Conversaons, and is renowned for the wella
ended courses she teaches throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. Her YouTube
ausm quick p videos, delivered with her trademark infecous enthusiasm,
have garnered a following worldwide.
Website: hps://www.katecwilde.com
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signals
You can do this by standing sll and put on
what I like to call an acve listening face. You
can do this by slightly lng your head with a
curious expression on your face. It helps if you
are really listening to your body. While you do
this, touch your lower abdomen where your
bladder feeling is and describe how it feels.
Then go to the bathroom in the fun ways suggested
above.
Bringing body listening into your play
with your child
If your child loves to play with figurines, have
one of them tell you they have a feeling in
their body and need to pee. Then have the
figurine use the toilet. If your child likes
plasc leers, that’s another way they can tell
you they need to pee.
Explaining and showing them what is
happening in the body
One amazing mom helped her 26-year-old son
use the toilet independently by helping him
understand what was happening inside his
body. She got a balloon and showed her son
how his bladder fills up with fluid, and once it
filled, he needed to release it into the toilet so
it could fill up again. As she explained this, she
filled up the balloon with water. This visual,
along with an age-appropriate detailed explana
on, really helped her son recognize his
body messages and gain independence.
The good news is that learning to inspire your
child through fun and building your child’s
interocepon will serve your child in countless
ways far beyond the toilet. Have fun and enjoy
your journey to toilet independence. If you
want more, you can read my whole toilet training
plan in my book, Ausc Logiscs: A
Parent’s Guide to Tackling Bedme, Toilet
Training, Tantrums, Hing and Other Everyday
Challenges. (Second edion is coming out later
this year)
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