Dressing and Toileting Developmental Progression

Question 1

Dressing 12-18 months

Answer 1

-co-operates and assists with dressing by holding arm/leg out and pushing arm through sleeve and leg through pants opening
- puts on/removes loose-fitting hat
- removes socks and pulls off shoes

Question 2

Dressing 18 months-2 years

Answer 2

Clothing:
- removes unfastened coat
- assists with pulling down pants
- Finds armholes in pull-over shirt

Shoes:
- Removes shoes if laces untied

Question 3

Dressing 2-3 years

Answer 3

Clothing:
- removes unfastened jacket or coat
- removes pants with elastic waist
- puts on front opening clothing such as jackets or open-front shirts without zipping or buttoning them
- finds armholes in pullover shirt

Shoes:
- attempts to put on socks
- removes shoes when laces are undone
- puts shoes on with assistance (correcting feet, fasteners)

Fasteners:
- unbuttons large buttons
- pulls zipper up and down (zip with set-up)

Question 4

Dressing 3-4 years

Answer 4

clothing:
- dresses with supervision
- identifies clothing orientation
- puts on/takes off front-opening clothing
- puts on pullover shirts with some help
- removes pullover clothing from both arms and attempts to pull over head

Shoes:
- Assists puling up socks, needs help for the correct orientation of the heel
- puts on shoes (right and left orientation may be incorrect)
- takes shoes off- undoes laces, velcro

Fasteners:
- Buttons 3-4 large buttons at a time
- unzips front zippers

Question 5

Dressing 4-5 years

Answer 5

Clothing:
- removes pullover garment IND’ly
- consistently identifies front and back of garment

Shoes:
- puts on socks correctly
- puts on shoes, needs assistance with tying shoelaces

Fasteners
- lace shoes
- fastens smaller buttons
- buckles shoes/belt
- zips up jacket

Question 6

Dressing 5-6 years

Answer 6

5 years: dresses self without supervision; ties/unties knots

6 years: ties bows and shoelaces; all fasteners (back and front

Question 7

Toileting 12-18 months

Answer 7

12 months: indicates discomfort when wet/soiled

18 months: sits on toilet when placed (with supervision)

Question 8

Toileting 2-3 years

Answer 8

• interest in potty training
• verbalizes when need to go potty
• washes hands IND’ly
• achieves regular toileting with occasional accidents

Question 9

Toileting 3-4 years

Answer 9

• goes to bathroom IND’ly
• may need help with wiping/fasteners/difficult clothing

Question 10

Toileting 4-5 years

Answer 10

IND in toileting (tearing TP, flushing, washing hands, and managing clothing