Lessons from Toilet School: A Family-Centered Approach to Toilet Training - Softcover

Ann Coleman Stadtler; Claudia Quigg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0990992195 ISBN 13: 9780990992196

Publisher: Bronze Man Books, 2017

Synopsis

While many toilet training books are narrowly prescriptive, LESSONS FROM TOILET SCHOOL provides support to families seeking to better understand the developmental processes of toilet training. Each family's experience is unique and each child's experience is unique. As professionals collaborating with young families, Ann and Claudia have walked with thousands of parents on the journey of toilet training their children. They have listened to a variety of methods, celebrated a myriad of success stories, and marveled over how each family makes this transition in a way that is uniquely their own. Every parent raising a young child eventually asks this question: is my child ready for toilet training? Lessons from Toilet School: A Family-Centered Approach to Toilet Training helps families address this question by looking for signs of readiness in the child. This book recognizes those signs of readiness, but it also explores the bigger picture of your family's experience. How will toilet training your child fit into the life of your busy family? How might it impact relationships? What special considerations will you need to make for your own unique child? Overall, how can you create a plan that makes sense for your child and your family?

About this title

About the Author:

Ann Coleman Stadtler is a pediatric nurse practitioner with a doctorate in nursing practice. She is one of the founding faculty at the Brazelton Touchpoints Center (BTC) at Boston Children s Hospital (BCH). She led BTC s professional development program for over 20 years. Ann has received the Massachusetts March of Dimes Nurse Practitioner of the Year Award, the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners Loretta C. Ford Outstanding Fellow Award, the Wong Hock Boon Professorship from Singapore University Hospital, the BCH Mel Levine Award, That s the Spirit Award, and the BTC Outstanding Leader Award.

Claudia Quigg, M.Ed. is the founder of Baby TALK and serves as an adjunct assistant professor at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. A national lead faculty member for the Brazelton Touchpoints Center and the Newborn Behavioral Observation, Claudia writes the weekly newspaper column Let s Talk Kids, records a weekly Illinois NPR radio segment, and has published three books for parents. Claudia speaks at national meetings and writes regularly for parents and professionals. Her commitment to parent-child relationships, critical early development, and system building has enabled her to be a proponent for these related causes.

Review:

Based on decades of experience, Lessons from Toilet School makes children's experience of toilet training easier for parents to understand by translating what most young children can only communicate through their actions and in their play. When parents truly understand the child's perspective, it is easier for them to respect the child's learning process, avoid intruding on it, and gently support the child's gradual mastery as it emerges. ~ Joshua Sparrow, MD (Director of Brazelton Touchpoints Center) --Brazelton Touchpoints Center

There is so much wisdom in this book. A parent who can read it ahead but wait for the child's readiness will find success and feel proud that she and the child were able to accomplish each step together. ~ T. Berry Brazelton, MD (Founder, Brazelton Touchpoints Center & Professor Emeritus, Harvard Medical School) --Brazelton Touchpoints Center

Every parent raising a young child eventually asks this question: is my child ready for toilet training? Lessons from Toilet School: A Family-Centered Approach to Toilet Training helps families address this question by looking for signs of readiness in the child. This book recognizes those signs of readiness, but it also explores the bigger picture of your family's experience. How will toilet training your child fit into the life of your busy family? How might it impact relationships? What special considerations will you need to make for your own unique child? Overall, how can you create a plan that makes sense for your child and your family? --Introduction

About this edition

• Publisher: Bronze Man Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0990992195
• ISBN 13: 9780990992196
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168
• Editor: Emily Chudzik, Tyler Porter
• Illustrator: Sarah Suits, Shelby Truax