Information and Tips
For clinicians and researchers
4 Tips For Creating A Consistent Bedtime Routine
Sleep is critical for youth mental health, and one of the basic building blocks for healthy sleep is a consistent bedtime routine. But bedtime routines are not just for young children, older children, adolescents, and adults all need bedtime routines!
A bedtime routine helps to prepare the body for sleep, providing separation between a busy day and the calming and relaxation needed for sleep.
3 Questions to Determine if Growing Pains Could Be RLS
Since RLS is diagnosed by clinical complaint, it is important to screen your patients in order to provide treatment. Here are 3 questions to ask your patients about RLS.
3 Facts About Adolescent Sleep
It is common for parents to ask why their teen is always tired or why their teen can’t wake up in the morning. The most common reason is simply that teens are not getting enough sleep!
The Single Question to Identify Why Most Babies Wake Up During the Night
Waking up during the night is normal. Everyone does it, from infants through older adults. At the end of every sleep cycle our brain has a brief arousal. Most people go right back to sleep, not remembering these awakenings in the morning.
However, how we fall asleep at bedtime can impact whether we have a brief arousal or a full awakening.
4 Questions to Determine if a Child is Getting Enough Sleep
Sleep need is highly individual. There are recommended ranges that most (but not all) children will fall into, but every child (and adult) will have a different sleep need within that range.
Here are four questions you can ask patients and parents to determine if a child is not getting enough sleep or is getting poor quality sleep.
The Basics of Pediatric Sleep: Intro to Pediatric Insomnia
Part Six of The Basics of Pediatric Sleep online course provides an introduction to pediatric insomnia, including diagnostic criteria, evidence base, behavior theory, and types of insomnia.
The Basics of Pediatric Sleep: Screening for Sleep Problems
Part Five of The Basics of Pediatric Sleep online course teaches about common pediatric sleep disorders, as well as general screening and assessment.
The Basics of Pediatric Sleep: Toddler Sleep Hygiene
Part four of the Basics of Pediatric Sleep online course teaches about sleep patterns, sleep habits, and sleep disturbances across development.
The Basics of Pediatric Sleep: Signs of Deficient Sleep
Part three of The Basics of Pediatric Sleep online course teaches about deficient sleep, including the signs of deficient sleep, as well as the causes and consequences of deficient sleep.
The Basics of Pediatric Sleep: Social Jetlag
Part two of The Basics of Pediatric Sleep online course teaches about sleep and circadian physiology, including social jetlag, which occurs when children and adolescents stay up late and sleep in on weekends.
The Basics of Pediatric Sleep: Why We Sleep
Part one of The Basics of Pediatric Sleep online course provides information on who needs sleep, what is sleep, and why we sleep.
Brighter Mornings and Darker Nights
It is time to stop the insanity of switching to daylight saving time each year and remain on permanent standard time.
The Case for Actigraphy in Pediatric Research and Clinical Practice
Actigraphy plays an important role in pediatric sleep research and clinical care. Although consumer wearables are an appealing alternative, this blog reviews why actigraphy remains the better choice.
The Humble Sleep Diary
Technology is great, but the humble sleep diary is a great way to learn about your patient’s sleep-wake patterns and sleep problems. A picture really is worth 1,000 words…
Integrating Pediatric Sleep Health Into Clinical Practice
Children have to eat. Children have to breathe. Children have to sleep. Sleep is not optional and it is not a luxury.
This blog provides information and tips for busy clinicians on the different aspects of pediatric sleep health.
Want to Add Pediatric Sleep to Your Research? Consider the Sleep PHDs
All pediatric research participants (from infants through adolescents) have something in common, they sleep (although some better than others). Every. Single. Day.
It is time to consider the role that the sleep PHDs (Patterns, Habits, Disorders) may play in your research.