How do I phrase "still does poos in her pants" appropriately on mainstream school enrolment forms?

[WeasleyWoman]

Quick history: DD4 has been out of nappies for over a year. Dry at night but poos in pants; always. Currently she is on movicol and this means we get one good BM a day which is a huge improvement on previous situations but no where near being on/in the toilet. She doesn't wear a pad/nappy and we are still working with all the usual potty training reward system stuff. She has been referred to the child continence centre but they are closed due to covid. September looms every closer and I can't put off filling in the school forms. What do I say?

It's called encopresis, so say something like "has issues with encopresis which are being worked on at home and a referal to the child continence centre has been made".

Thank you so much @sleepyhead this is exactly what I need!

I think I phrased it as something like "Encopresis - under medical treatment with movicol, awaiting referrals to X Y and Z, cannot help it - is as a consequence of her medical condition"

Threw "medical condition" in there a LOT to make the point that "you are NOT wriggling out of this" - in the end we moved school choices after the deadline because things had gone to shit with the current school and the older sibling and I was not getting vibes they'd deal with DD2's issues with any competence or compassion. Saw the continence nurse in the end and made that comment and hers was "yep, off the record you dodged a bullet there on that one".

Honestly though - we got a gem of an infant school place thanks to things going to pot with the other child and moving schools and they dealt with it brilliantly. It's been a long slog with far, far too many conversations about shit along the way, but I think we're almost there now!

ERIC forum is great if you need further support from parents who know their stuff on these issues.

School should draw up an Individual Health Plan which details how they will support your child. We did one with school with input from continence nurse service. Who when where changes happen, where pads/pullups and changes of clothes will be stored. Drinking, trips etc.

There is also govt guidance for kids with med conditions at school including continence.

Your child might be more confident at school if wearing pull ups as they can be whipped off and changed and will hold poo in better than normal knickers.