We offer a number of different training packages around sleep and train both parents and professionals.
We also speak at a variety of conferences and training events. Recently we have addressed 150 healthcare professionals at a ADHD study day and 80 healthcare professionals at Autism Study Day.
For details of our latest training that has availability please click on our ‘News’ page.
Sleep Clinics
We offer sleep clinics for parents to meet on a one to one basis with one of our sleep practitioners. At the clinic the parent will get the opportunity to speak about the problem and to work in partnership with one of our team to develop a sleep programme. We will then offer follow up support to the family to help them implement the programme. Sleep clinics are currently running in the Doncaster, NE Lincolnshire and Milton Keynes areas. Our sleep clinics are generally bought in my other organisations to support their families, funded by grants or commissioned by Local Authorities.
Sleep Practitioner Course
We are delighted to be working in partnership with Sheffield Children’s Hospital. We provide a 3 day sleep practitioner training programme. Our delegates receive lectures from a range of experts including Dr Elphick who runs the sleep unit at the Children’s Hospital. We are also delighted to welcome Dr Brown and Dr Steele to our team who provide fascinating lectures and anxiety and sleep and bedwetting. The next course is running in January 2015, for details please email [email protected]
Sleep Tight Workshop
A two day training course that will enable staff to deliver their own 5 week sleep workshops. Ideal for family support workers, portage home visitors, please email for further details.
Sleep Success Workshop
Our Sleep Success Workshop is our most popular workshop and has been commissioned by Sheffield Children’s Hospital to train their staff and parents. The workshop looks at sleep patterns of typically developing children and common sleep problems, how to address them using cognitive behavioural techniques and resources to try. We hold these workshops across the country, please email us for details of how to book this course for your organisation. The cost of our workshop is £650 to train up to 20 practitioners/parents. Organisations that have bought in this training include Homestart, Portage and CAMHS services.
Foster Carer’s Sleep Training
This sleep workshop is specifically designed for foster carers. Looked After Children may be more at risk of developing sleep issues than their peers. This workshop highlights why foster children may have difficulties with their sleep patterns and gives foster carers strategies to help them to overcome sleep issues. “The most useful training I’ve had as a foster carer”.
Sleep and Residential Settings
The Children’s Sleep Charity aims for all children to get a good night’s sleep. Children residing in residential settings can be more at risk of having or developing sleep issues than other children, which often impacts on behaviour, mood, health and education.
