Health and Wellbeing
Sleep Talkers: Supporting children with SEND and Sleep Issues
Find out what's keeping your child with SEND awake, and make changes to evenings and bedtime that help the whole family sleep.
- 47 minutes
- Recorded webinar
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Spot signs of sleep deprivation, including some that look like hyperactivity
- Work out what's keeping your child awake, from sensory needs to medication timing
- Keep a sleep diary to find your child's real bedtime and track progress
- Plan a calm bedtime routine and move it earlier in 15-minute steps
- Choose suppertime snacks and drinks that help sleep rather than hinder it
About this course
When your child doesn't sleep, nobody in the house does. Children with SEND are far more likely to have sleep problems, and the tiredness shows up in the day as meltdowns, tears, a child who can't sit still or can't face school.
No single bedtime routine suits every child, so the approach here starts with the cause. It might be a noise the rest of you can't hear, light at the wrong time, hunger after daytime medication, or an after-school nap. Then you can start small. A sleep diary shows when your child really falls asleep, so you can plan bedtime back from that time and move it earlier in small steps. A sleepy supper can replace the hot chocolate and biscuit.
It's taught by a national sleep charity, whose founder was a SENCO before her own son's sleepless nights set her on this path.
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