4 Things That Throw off Sleep During Summer
Sleep disturbances are very common in autistic children, and can significantly impact their overall well-being and daily functioning. This is especially true during the summer season. Summertime can disrupt sleep patterns, and exacerbate existing challenges. If your child has been struggling the last few weeks, there are 4 things that you want to be mindful […]
Your Holiday Handbook – Keeping Sleep on Track
So, we can tick Halloween and the time change off our checklist. Good work! And now, it’s time to add the craziness of the holidays: It’s exhausting just listing those things! Here are my top recommendations to THRIVE during the holidays and make sure that your family is still getting a good night’s rest: Write […]
My Child With Autism Doesn’t Sleep – Help!
Whether your child with ASD has struggled to sleep for days, weeks, months…or years, it can feel overwhelming and frustrating as to why it’s just. not. happening. As a parent, you worry how your child can function on the few hours they’re getting. You may have asked your child’s doctors and therapists about their sleep […]
Study Shows Independent Sleepers Sleep Better
In 2016, the American Academy of Pediatrics released new sleep recommendations, stating that babies should stay in their parents room for the first year of life in order to promote a safe sleep environment and in order to prevent SIDS. However, a recent study done by INSIGHT showed that babies who were not room sharing […]
Touch Screen Devices Affect Your Child’s Sleep
For sleep health, it’s vitally important to reduce the amount of screen usage before it’s time to hit the hay. As the day gets later, our bodies produce more melatonin in order for it to be easier to go to sleep. With screen time before bed, melatonin production is suppressed making it a challenge to […]
Sleep Help: The best gift for your partner
“My kid’s not sleeping, and my wife is going crazy.” – Dads of sleep deprived kids everywhere Each week, I get several calls from families wanting to know more about sleep training their child with special needs, and how I can best help their family. And, more and more often it’s dads seeking help for […]
Getting Back to Nature
Why Camping Has Shown to Improve Sleep In a recent article by Civilized, it was shown through studies that a weekend under the stars had excellent effects on resetting the body’s natural circadian rhythm and helped to improve the sleep of the campers that were part of the experiment. Their findings? Natural light source helped […]
Sleep Training as a Team
Any time I work with a family, it is vital for me to know one thing — will both parents help with sleep training their child? When you are doing something as important as teaching your child with special needs to sleep through the night, parents have to work as a team. Working closely with […]
5 Things that are Hurting Your Child’s Sleep that You’re Not Aware Of
It can often be hard to pin-point what is keeping a child with special needs from falling asleep, and sleeping well through the night. For parents who are children are chronically sleep deprived, here are five “sleep enemies” that might be keeping your little one up at night: Electronic devices Televisions, tablet devices and smart […]
