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We describe a decision protocol for choosing among potentially efficacious toilet training interventions and tested its effects with 3 preschool participants with disabilities. We utilized a decision protocol (Keohane and Greer 2005) to determine whether to initially implement interval or rapid training interventions as well as to determine whether adequate progress was being made with a particular toilet training intervention. We utilized the decision protocol to individualize toilet training procedure and evaluated its effects in a delayed multiple baseline design. Results indicated that the toileting skills of all participants improved with increased numbers of target voids on the toilet and decreased numbers of accidents as a result of individualized training procedures.
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Frank, M.R., Kim, J.Y. & Fienup, D.M. The Effects of a Decision-Protocol Informed Toilet Training Intervention for Preschoolers with Disabilities. J Dev Phys Disabil 32, 477–488 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-019-09703-2
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