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Toilet Training inc. Children with Additional Needs
This half day session on Children with Additional Needs looks at the normal acquisition of bowel and bladder control, and the obstacles that may arise.
Using the tools available on the ERIC website, we will explore the importance of assessment of bladder and bowel health and of readiness for toilet training, and how to apply what we learn to design individual toileting programmes.
Please note that you must have completed an ERIC Healthy Bladders & Bowels course within the last two years before booking on to this training session.
Course tutor
Brenda Cheer
Paediatric Specialist Continence Nurse and ERIC Nurse
Brenda Cheer
Paediatric Specialist Continence Nurse & ERIC Nurse
Brenda started her nursing career in London in 1983. After her general training Brenda specialised in children’s nursing, and over the years has worked with adults and children, in London and Cardiff in both hospital and community settings. Since 2002 she has focussed on paediatric continence, working as Paediatric Specialist Continence Nurse at the University Hospital of Wales until summer 2018.
Brenda currently works two days a week as ERIC Nurse, the first person to take on this role, originally funded by the Department of Health. She works a further day a week as Paediatric Continence Nurse for Shine: Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus Information, Networking and Equality.
The ERIC Nurse post was created to seek ways to improve early intervention into childhood continence problems. Brenda strives to increase awareness of children’s bladder and bowel health, by designing easy-to-understand information for parents and providing training for health care professionals and early year’s workers. She has produced a generic Children's Continence Pathway, which ERIC is promoting as a model of best practice. The ERIC Nurse project won a prestigious Nursing Times Award in 2016, and has stimulated articles in the nursing press. Brenda has re-written many of the ERIC leaflets, and is enjoying working at the heart of the charity she supports.
When she is not busy with her regular jobs, Brenda is much in demand as a freelance trainer and speaker. In her rare moments of spare time she enjoys the company of her three children and her husband John, a musician and music therapist.
Objectives
- To be familiar with the normal acquisition of bowel and bladder control
- To be clear about the importance of assessment and what tools are available
- To increase confidence in toilet training and continence management, including children with additional needs
- To be familiar with products and aids to support toilet training
- To be able to implement a basic toilet training programme
Programme
- 09.30 - 10.00 Welcome and opening poll. Setting the scene
- 10.00 - 10.30 The normal acquisition of bowel and bladder control. Potential obstacles to toilet training including exploration of sensory issues
- 10.30 - 10.40 Break
- 10.40 - 11.15 The importance of assessment, using ERIC Bladder/Bowel Assessment and Toilet Readiness Assessment
- 11.15 - 11.45 Meeting individual children's needs
- 11.45 - 11.55 Break
- 11.55 - 12.15 Planning a toilet training programme
- 12.15- 12.45 Case studies
- 12.45 - 12.55 Q & A
- 12.55 - 13.00 Closing poll. Evaluation and close
Important information about this online event
This course will be delivered via Zoom webinar.
If you are not available to watch this session live, there will be access to the recording for 1 month but you will still need to register.
We would recommend that attendees access this training from home using a personal device if at all possible. If you are intending to use an NHS computer, please check that there are no firewalls in place that will prevent you from joining a Zoom webinar.
If you haven't received the joining link a few days before the webinar is due to start, please check your junk inbox first. If you still need assistance, please email [email protected]
Payment information
The cost of the course is £50 per person. Please note that we can now only accept payment by card through our booking system.
If you want to pay by invoice this can be done but please note that payment by this method will cost £65 per person and we must have the purchase order document at the time of booking. Please email [email protected] if you require further information regarding invoice payments.
Cancellation policy
If written notification is received 30 days before the course, we will issue a refund. We regret that no refunds can be made on bookings cancelled less than 30 days before the course. A colleague may attend in your place rather than forfeit the full course fee.
ERIC reserves the right to cancel the course. In the unlikely event of cancellation by ERIC, course fees paid will be refunded in full
Book now for Wednesday 12th June 2024
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