Supporting your young person with sleep

We know that sleep is important for growth and development of your child or young person, and that lack of sleep can have a negative effects. Sleep support can at times be limited, so we have collated some of the free resources available to guide parents and caregivers to support better sleep.

The Sleep Charity The Sleep Charity 

The Sleep Charity’s website has a number of useful resources to support with:

  • Practical sleep tips
  • Advice for children with special educational needs
  • Advice about nightmares and night terrors
  • Podcasts and Elmer’s bedtime routine checklist
  • Advice on sleep and exams

The National Sleep Helpline

Offered by The Sleep Charity, this helpline is available for you to speak to specialist  trained sleep trained advisors. You can call them on 03303 530 541 between 9am and 11am on Mondays – Thursdays and between 7pm and 9pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Local Sleep Tight Workshops

Join the Sleep Tight Workshop for sleep advice for children 2+ years. Training is delivered by practitioners at The Sleep Charity and cover the following topics:

  • Understanding sleep cycles
  • Common sleep issues and strategies to manage these
  • Establishing appropriate routines
  • Keeping sleep diaries and interpreting the data
  • Environments

If you are interested in attending the workshop, please contact any Family Hub to register your interest:

  • Bentley Family Hub – 01302 737350
  • Stainforth Family Hub -01302 734048
  • Denaby Family Hub – 01302 737436
  • Central Family Hub – 01302 737995

Sleep Service at Sheffield Children’s Hospital Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

The Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust website also has resources to help young people improve their sleep and information on their sleep service.

CerebraCerebra | West Northamptonshire Council

Cerebra’s website has a number of useful resources, including:

  • Tips and techniques for families who have a child with a brain condition
  • Access to their free Cerebra Library
  • Techniques to tackle common sleep problems

ScopeWelcome to Scope's new brand | Disability charity Scope UK

Scope’s website as a number of useful resources to support with:

Flynn Pharma

The Autism and Sleep webpage provided by Flynn Pharma, has some great free resources including:

  • SNappD – The Sleep Nap App Diary
  • Bedtime Checklist
  • My Sleep Card– A tool to help children learn to fall back to sleep on their ow

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