Welcome to Toilet Talk: With a Look at Constipation
This webinar is for the parents and carers of young people who might already be in pants, still in the process of learning to use a toilet or might not have started yet.
Toileting differences and withholding are common in young people. This is no one’s fault and is often due to a variety of factors such as social pressures, medical and/or physical differences, sensory needs or difficulty in tuning into or accepting internal demands. As you can already see, it’s actually quite a complicated process and it’s ok that someone needs more support.
Together we will begin looking at supporting your young person in the bathroom from a curious perspective. We want to figure out what is too hard for your young person and create support in collaboration with them. Importantly we will also look at the physiology of the systems involved in toileting and begin problem solving how to use a toilet outside the home. We will also answer questions about guiding someone to a toilet, the most common worries when toileting and what does constipation have to do with all of this?
Learning Objectives
The course will cover the following
- Reframing the support we provide our young people
- Foundation of relevant anatomy and physiology
- Answer questions like when is the best time to toilet, how often and how to best prompt or guide someone to use the toilet
- Clarify what is constipation and myths about constipation
- Begin understanding how to treat constipation and why this is so critical for your young person’s overall health
- Understand how constipation impacts someone’s ability to sense when they need the toilet
- A spotlight on a couple of the most common medical conditions that impact toileting and the ability to sense when you need to go to the toilet
- How to create a safe toileting space for your young person
- Review some of the most common toileting worries and support strategies
- Gain a better understanding of how to help your young person connect internal sensations to needing the toilet and why this might have been so tricky for them
- Begin looking at how to support someone using the toilet outside the home
- Considerations for in the school setting
Training Duration: 1hr 4mins
Access: 1st – 28th February 2025
CPD Certificate Included
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