Potty Training Tips from Experts

Professional tips on potty training by experienced parenting consultants based on their doctrine and on-the-job knowledge.

A few months into my research for potty training tips, I found myself ‘blocked’ and in need of new ideas.

Numerous conversations with moms plus the lessons I’ve learned from potty training my own kids gave me a good base of motherly knowhow. But I felt I had already exhausted this channel.

My online research on the other hand - has mostly revealed pediatricians’ articles, whereas I was looking for non-medical view.

I was hoping to find a professional authority that looks at potty training from a different perspective: Behavioral and educational.

So I went to seek professional advice from certified parenting consultants, thinking it could be interesting to pick their brains.

Turned out I was right. The two professionals I met with (see Credits below), whose work is based on Adler approach combined with behavioral-cognitive psychology and years of advising to parents, had given me plenty of insight.

The 2-hours ‘interview’ I had with each of them is served here in chapters.

These articles contain extensive knowledge and awesome potty training tips.

I hope you'll find them enlightening.

Tips from Experts - List of chapters:

Click on any of the Links below to read the chapter/article of your choice:

• Insights about toilet training: What it means as an educational-developmental phase -- and parents' role in it:
  An eye-opening discussion with Alona about toilet training - its significance in terms of child development and parent-child relationship.
  
• An expert's take on toilet training readiness:
  An extensive Readiness Guide that focuses on the behavioral aspect: What to look for in my child’s behavior, what to encourage and what to watch-out from.
  
• Professional tips part 1 - Preparing kids:
  How to prepare kids for potty training and how to get them on board before starting.
  
• Professional tips part 2 - tips on the actual process:
  An essential guide suggesting clear practical tips on how to approach the training process.
• Professional tips Bonus - Toilet Training Doll:
  A Step-by-Step guide on how to work the toilet training doll method. 
  
• Professional tips part 3 - Communication Guide:
  How to communicate with children about potty training: How to motivate them and how to respond to resistance and power-struggles.
  

Credits:

Family Consultant certified by "Maagalim" Psychology Institute and the Ministry of Education (Israel) * Parenting Facilitator certified by Adler Institute and the Ministry of Education (Israel)

Alona bases her work widely on the Adlerian psychology school (see Adlerian psychology--Wikipedia), and combines other approaches such as behavioral - cognitive psychology and Imago Relationship Therapy.

Family Consultant certified by Adler Institute * Teaching and Supervising in Adler’s Academy - Parent Groups Program * Conducting Parents Forum in Adler Institute

All the articles / chapters listed in this page are based on two individual 'interviews' I conducted with Alona and Anat on January 2012.

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