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It is often simple to determine whether your child has a sleep problem, but how do you select the best possible strategies to use to reduce these sleep problems and increase independent sleep?
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Understanding how much sleep your child needs, and when they should be sleeping, can be difficult. The focus of this module is on how to select an age-appropriate bedtime and wake time, and the steps that you can take to reach that goal.
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The role of circadian rhythms in sleep
Recommended sleep times
How to select an age-appropriate sleep/wake time
Strategies for modifying your child’s sleep/wake times
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It is important to think about how we can support healthy sleep habits. This is often referred to as ‘sleep hygiene’.  The bedtime routine, bedroom environment, and even our daytime activities are important factors contributing toward our sleep hygiene.
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Features of good sleep hygiene
Establishing a sleep-supporting bedtime routine
The importance of a consistent sleep environment
Using the bed only for sleep
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There are a number of things that we can do to (a) reduce children’s sleep-interfering behaviour, and (b) increase sleep-conducive behaviour. Nonetheless, it can be difficult to determine what we might need to change and how we might go about doing so.
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When addressing sleep problems it is important to consider some of the skills that we can teach children and young people the skills that they need to help them to learn to fall asleep independently and remain asleep throughout night. There are a number of strategies and tools that can be used, with this in mind.
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The use of visual supports and other teaching aides
Relaxation strategies
Bedtime fears
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When repetitive behaviours occur in the sleep context, they can be soothing for some, while for others they can interfere with their ability to settle to sleep. It is important to consider the role that repetitive behaviours may play in your child’s sleep and whether this requires further assessment and treatment.
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The interaction between repetitive behaviours and sleep
Strategies to prevent sleep-interfering repetitive behaviour
Strategies to reduce sleep-interfering repetitive behaviour
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