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Poo Goes Home to Pooland 4+
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Children who suffer encopresis often begin to feel that there is little more to them than the problem itself. In 'Poo Goes Home to Pooland', the problem is embodied in a troublesome character and placed externally to the child. This process aims to place some distance between the child and the blame shame of soiling. This helps to free them from their fears and may mobilise previously beleaguered resources within the child and their family.
'Externalising' stories have proved valuable in engaging children in behavioural treatment programmes wihtin a family therapy context. However, you may find them useful in combination with your chosen therapeutic style.
The style and content of 'Poo Goes Home to Pooland; was designed to suit the cognitive development stage of children up to around seven years of age. Individually illustrations and accompanying text is intended to promote understanding of toileting matters and relieve anxiety. They cover topics such as sharing unhappy feeling and how to reorganise when you need to poo.
Talking about 'Pooland' might help you to engage in getting control over their poo.
Dr Tamsin Black wrote and illustrated ‘Poo Goes Home to Pooland’ in her final year of Doctoral Training in Clinical Psychology at the University of Newcastle and on clinical placement (with John Sands, Consultant Clinical Psychologist) at the Linhope Unit, Ashington, part of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. She is now a mother of three and working as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in East London.
ERIC the UK’s only childhood continence charity provides information, support and resources to improve the quality of life of children, young people and their families who suffer from the consequences of wetting and soiling difficulties. Please visit www.eric.org.uk
This app was developed by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Systems Development Team
What’s New
Version 2.1.1
Improved accessibility
Ratings and Reviews
Brilliant message
I understand this story was created for children suffering from encopresis, however it was recommended by mums on Mumsnet as a tool in potty training. My little girl was struggling to poo on the potty and after watching this she was much happier talking about poo, and two days later she managed her very first poo on the potty! Really recommend this to others who might be struggling on their potty training journey.
We downloaded it on the iPad as the app didn’t work properly on my phone as it was too small a screen.
Story good but no interaction or access to blog
My daughter enjoys the story and although is yet to poo on the toilet she is much more interested in trying to so I think that will come soon. So app is doing its job but there’s a glitch in the app. I tried to access the log (there’s a pun in there somewhere, ha!) and I typed the numerical access answer to get in but it doesn’t take you to the next page/give you access. I thought maybe you could log when the children succeed in a sticker chart kind of way but still not sure what the log does and there’s no way to report this directly as all options lead you to the NHS website with no link specific to feedback for this app. Otherwise I can’t comment further on the app success with my daughter but will update this review if it helps her.
Successful potty training
My little boy developed a going for a poo phobia as soon as we started potty training. He was fine with weeing but started to hold his poo's in & getting belly ache.
A friend recommended we watch this app, I doubted it when I watched the video but gave it a go. As soon as my son watched the film he seemed to get it & has poo's regularly with no accidents since. He understand that his poo will let him know when it's ready & he loves sending it back to pooland!
Thank you - would definitely recommend a try to anyone going through potty training.
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Information
- Provider
- Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Size
- 24.1 MB
- Category
- Medical
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
- Age Rating
- 4+, Made for Ages 0 to 5
- Copyright
- © Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Price
- Free