Using the Toilet – Social Story for Kids
- Grades
- Pre-K–2
- Pages
- 14
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
- Topic
- Toilet training, Social story
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables
- Preparation
- Print ready
Product description
From the author
Read this illustrated first-person toilet routine with a child. Two 14-page versions use pants or trousers and describe noticing the need, using the toilet, wiping, dressing and washing hands.
Choose familiar language, discuss the assistance the child uses and revisit selected pages as helpful. The source does not include a door-locking step. Adapt its absolute accident-prevention statement; the story does not guarantee independence or reduced anxiety.
Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Recognize and respond to the physical need to use the toilet without delay.
Sequence the steps of a toileting routine with assistance as needed (undress, sit, wipe, flush, redress, wash hands).
Build comfort and positive association with using the toilet through repeated first-person narrative reading.
Teaching tips
Choose the American ('pants') or international ('trousers') version to match the vocabulary already used at home or in the classroom, since the two versions are otherwise identical.
Read the story repeatedly and consistently as part of a toileting routine, since social stories work best with repetition to build familiarity.
Pair the story with real bathroom visits so the child can connect each first-person sentence to the corresponding physical step.
Skills covered
Toileting routine sequencing — the child follows a first-person narrative through the steps of using the toilet with appropriate support.
Self-recognition of physical needs — the story models noticing and acting on the urge to use the toilet while recognizing that accidents can still happen.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
How can I connect the story with the child’s own bathroom routine?
Read the sequence together and discuss the steps, clothing words and assistance used in their setting. Choose the pants or trousers version that matches familiar language.
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
Social story
Toileting independence
Self-care routine
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