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The Vermont Continence Project provides four types of services:Ìý
Consultations & trainings for professionals
An online learning group for parents & caregivers
Individual consultations, and
An online resource library.
Trainings & Workshops for Professionals and Parents
Consultative Rounds
For teams of children with complex developmental presentations. Consultative Rounds is a provider-oriented model. The Vermont Continence Project (VCP) team meets with providers from your local team to answer specific questions and support the creation of an interdisciplinary plan. At this time, parents are not involved in the consultation meeting, but the VCP team will create a written record of our recommendations which you are encouraged to share with parents
If you are a professional who is interested in consultative rounds to support your student/patient/client, please complete our contact form. Please note: for consultative rounds, we require that representatives from school and the medical home attend, and require that a local team member is the point person to schedule and organize our meetings.
Customized workshops and trainings
We will work with your medical office or organization to create custom trainings or workshops to address common continence concerns. Past workshop topics have included :
- Better Toilet Training: Getting Started and Overcoming Challenges
- How To Communicate for Toilet Training,  and
-  How to Use Rewards for Toilet Training.
Many of our trainings are available  .
If you are interested in a training or workshop for your team or organization, please complete our contact form.Ìý At this time, we do not have ongoing one-off trainings for parents, but we can collaborate with your organization to create one.
Team Consultations
The Vermont Continence Project has a long history of providing individual consultation to the teams of children and youth with disabilities. Currently, our team is focused on other activities. Unfortunately, our time is limited, and we are pausing our team consultation model until further notice. We look forward to meeting with your team in the future when we can pivot our attention back in this important direction. Please fill out our contact form if you’d like to be informed when we re-start team consultation.
If you have continence-related questions about your student with a complex disability profile, you may want to organize a training or workshop for your team or group. You can also contact us. if you are seeking resources or research about specific diagnoses or concerns.
Online Resource Library
The Vermont Continence Project maintains a growing library of resources for parents, caregivers, professionals, and for toilet-learners themselves.
These resources include how-to articles, summaries of useful research, event listings, worksheets, and video learning modules for toilet learners and their families.
Feel free to browse the library, or sign up to be notified as new resources become available.
Parent Online Learning Group
About Our Parent Online Learning Group
The Vermont Continence Project offers interdisciplinary support to help you understand and make a plan for your child. We do this in two ways:
1. Parent & Caregiver Online Learning Group:
These online groups are designed to teach families about the health and behavioral issues affecting continence, and the skills to move past them.Ìý
Groups consist of 10 parents or fewer, and run for eight weeks (six weeks of group and two individual sessions). Each week, we'll meet for 75 minutes via Zoom, and participants also have the option to connect via online discussion forums.
Our Fall 2024 group will run through September, October, and November. Group is only open to Vermont residents, and meets online Monday evenings, from 6:30-7:45pm EST.Ìý
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| MONDAY SEP 16 | MONDAY SEP 23 | MONDAY SEP 30 | WEEK OF OCT 7 | WEEK OF OCT 14 | MONDAY OCT 21 | MONDAY OCT 28 | MONDAY NOV 4 | MONDAY NOV 11 | MONDAY NOV 18 |
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| UNIT 1 | UNIT 2 | UNIT 3 | 1:1 consultation, per your schedule | WEEK OFF | UNIT 5 | UNIT 6 | GROUP MEETING | 1:1 consultation, per your schedule (tentative) | 1:1 consultation, per your schedule (tentative) |
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Frequently Asked Questions About the Parent Online Learning Group
What will we do in Group?
Each week, group will have a topic based on the content in our . Before group each week, we ask that parents watch the video content and do any associated “homework". Parents should expect to do up to 45 minutes of video watching and other assignments each week to get the most out of group. Our Zoom meeting is a time to discuss your questions, concerns, and progress.
Can I attend some group sessions and not others?
We ask that parents only join group if they plan to attend all sessions. The content of our group builds from week to week, and parents’ sense of safety and privacy is strongest when they know who else will be present. We understand that things come up in life, but parents who routinely miss sessions may be asked to step out of group.Ìý
I am a teacher/school nurse/mental health/medical provider/etc. Can I join the group?
This group is only for parents and guardians. If you are looking for support or information, please check out our other resources and support options.
I am a parent of a child with a complex disability and/or medical presentation. Should I join this group?
The content and sequence of this group is most appropriate for children who are typically developing or who is disabilities are mild. If you have a child with a more complex medical or developmental presentation, please discuss training or team consultation options with your child's support team.
