Sleep Training for Professionals
Paediatric Sleep Training for Professionals
(available online or face to face)
Paediatric Sleep Training for Professionals
(available online or face to face)
The Course
This course is now available both online and as a three day face to face training course. It is open to all professionals currently working with children, whether working privately, for a statutory organisation or a charity. Attendees are expected to have a well-established knowledge of child development.
The course is evidence based and all research is fully referenced so that attendees have the opportunity to further expand their knowledge.
The course covers sleep problems in children aged 6 months to 16 years, but we also look at the development of sleep from birth. Course material includes sleep problems in both typically developing children as well as children with complex additional needs.
Completion of this course enables access onto our level six online OCN accredited Advanced Sleep Training Course - Moving Theory into Practice
Cost and time commitment
The course is designed for those wishing to work more intensively with families of children with sleep problems.
£375 online. The course can be completed over an 8 week period and learners can start the course at any time.
The online course requires on average 3-4 hours study per week. A certificate of course completion is provided.
£545 face to face 3 day course (specific dates)
The face to face course fee includes teas, coffees, fresh fruit, lunch, parking on site, training manual which includes all research references and certificate of course completion
Who Is The Course For?
Who Is The Course For?
· Nursery Nurses
· Maternity Nurses
· Teachers
· Health Visitors
. Applied Psychologists
. Occupational Therapists
. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Workers and Learning
Disability Nurses
. Those working with children's charities
Who is the course not suitable for?
· Anyone who is not currently working with children and families, or
who has not done so in the past.
· Anyone who has little or no prior knowledge of child development.
. Anyone wishing to change careers to become a sleep practitioner,
but does not have professional child development experience.
What Does The Course Cover?
What Does The Course Cover?
The Impact of Sleep Problems
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The Importance of Healthy Sleep in Babies and Children
What does the research tell us?-
Sleep Science
How sleep works and what is normal?-
Common Sleep Problems in Babies and Children
How to advise parents appropriately to meet the needs of the whole family.What is the Right Sleep Environment?
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Safe Sleep
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Good Sleep Hygiene
What do we know from research about the impact of exercise, diet and routines on sleep
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Behavioural Insomnia Sleep Training Techniques
Ensuring that they are age and stage appropriate
How Our Different Cultures Influence Our Sleep Practices
Giving parents choices
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Helping Parents Avoid
the Pitfalls
Getting it right from the beginning
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Barriers to Change
Why do some people find change harder than others?
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Sleep Resources
The little things that can make a big difference
ADHD and Sleep
Does ADHD always mean ADHD?
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Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Downs Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy and sleep
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How to Spot the Less
Common Sleep Disorders
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Your Professional Responsibilities
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When to Refer onto aSpecialist Service
By the end of the course you should...
By the end of the course you should...
- Understand the importance of healthy sleep on growth, development and learning
- Be knowledgeable on how to advise new parents on how to instil healthy sleep habits from the start.
- Be knowledgeable in the identification of common childhood sleep disorders
- Understand how to create an individual sleep action plan and support parents in addressing behavioural sleep issues, and tailor this plan to the individual needs of the family, taking into account parenting style preferences.
- Be able to recognise the possible symptoms of the less common sleep disorders
- Know when to refer a child to a specialist service.
Our next course is on
This course is available online at anytime
£375
OR
Face to face courses will resume in the autumn of 2021
The Holiday Inn
Guildford
£545
Our Goals
Our Goals
We want to try to ensure that when parents seek help from professionals for their child's sleep problems they can be sure of receiving sound, researched based information from skilled and knowledgeable practitioners.
We want to give professionals the skills and knowledge to feel confident to help families and we want to ensure that the professionals that we train have the opportunity to regularly update their knowledge and be able to seek ongoing professional support