Behavioral Interventions Designed Reduce Sleep Difficulties

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is a recent framework developed to address the dysfunctional cognitions and behaviors that contribute to poor sleeping patterns. Insomnia often presents as a comorbidity to a medical or psychiatric disorder, but may also be an isolated diagnosis. According to research studies, benzodiazepine-receptor agonists (BzRAs) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) are the two most effective therapies for treatment and management of insomnia. And while both treatments are beneficial for short-term management of insomnia, CBTi produces long-term sustained benefits with no side effects thus being more advantageous that prescription drug use only. CBTi involves five components: stimulus control, sleep restriction, relaxation training, cognitive therapy and sleep hygiene education. Because CBTi is a fairly new approach, trained professionals may be difficult to find; creative delivery of therapy through telephone or Skype appointments may be necessary.

         When children hit puberty they experience a delay in their biological block which in turns causes a shift in melatonin. Melatonin is the natural hormone in a person’s body that notifies them if it is time to sleep or time to wake up. A distraction in this can cause many behavior health and mental health issues such as substance abuse, depression or sadly suicide. Only about a tenth of the population actually get the right amount of sleep they need. The minimum amount someone should sleep is eight full hours. In the

Lack of sleep will affect a child’s development. A child needs sufficient sleep to be able to concentrate and be able to learn. Lack of sleep can also cause emotional, social and behavioural problems, this is because if a child is

School start times play a very big role in a student’s overall development, especially when they aren’t getting enough sleep because of it. An important factor to consider for a student’s development is the act of sleeping; that a lack of it can cause serious problems to the students’ growing body. According to research done with Brown University’s Julie Boergers, the author of the letter “Benefits of later school start times”, the amount of sleep that adolescents need ranges from 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep. Only 17 percent of these students

There is a good chance that I will be working with adolescents and so sleep is a very important concept for me to keep in mind. If they didn’t a good night sleep by not getting nine to ten

“Twenty years ago we had very little direct experience. We've found that youngsters sleep very well in a variety of situations, as seen around the world. From a sleep perspective, we have little evidence for or against any of these arrangements. We like to know families have plans

As Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) approaches the end of its decade, one of the newest issues has been established based on the lack of Americans receiving adequate sleep, as well as causing a major disruption in their ability to function effectively. About 25 percent report having problems either staying asleep or not getting adequate sleep to function properly the next day. A new target group has been brought into the forefront by HP2020 includes Early and Middle Childhood (EMC). The goal for this age group is to promote overall “health and well-being” and the importance of enhancing five chief components of: “cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical development” by creating a healthy pathway to a long life (Healthy People, 2016).

Sleep disorders alter ones sleep pattern and often results in the inability to either sleep or sleep soundly. They often cause you to feel restless, tired, fatigued, and irritable. It is estimated that nearly 75 percent of adult Americans experience sleep disorder symptoms at least a few nights per week. At the same time, sleep disturbances in some form are seen in as many as 25 to 30 percent of infants and children (“Sleep Disorders” 2013). Clearly a huge conundrum in the world, sleep disorders affect an inordinate amount of people. Millions of people suffer or have suffered from a sleep disorder at one point in their lives and if mistreated can impact organ systems functioning negatively. Physical disturbances, medical issues,

Lack of sleep affects children's relationships with others as sleep makes a difference to behaviours and control of emotions.

In addition, the children and their parents completed complementary sleep questionnaires and daily reports. The findings reflected significant age differences, indicating that older children have more delayed sleep onset times and

The first strategy is make a visual schedule to support children’s transition time. Visual schedule with large pictures could help children see directly what is the next activity. Such as 8PM is the time for brush teeth, after that is reading time and then is sleep time. Keep follow the visual schedule, children will get use to the routine. The second strategy is comfortable pajamas and appropriate temperature are very important to child. Toddler and preschool children often kick off the covers at night and can’t cover themselves, make sure their wear warm and comfortable, and also dark bedroom and quiet environment could help the child sleep easier. If the child does not like a totally dark room, turn on a small night light, or leave the hall light on. The third strategy is security object could support children’s well-being and belonging. The child could choose his favorite personal object, like a doll, teddy bear, or blanket. It can provide a sense of security and control that comforts and reassures the child before he falls asleep. The fourth strategy is play quiet game and talk to the child. A short, guided talk before bedtime that focuses on relaxation and deep breathing can help children fall asleep more easily and enjoy a better night’s rest. such as “Good Night, Sweetie” and hug the child. Some quiet card game or shadow game could help children get relax. The mom could dim the lights and let the hands shadow add some fun. She could make different animals on the wall using your hand shadow or narrate a story with her hand shadows on the wall. It is creative and also opens up the creative channels of the child. Also, dim lights sensitize the sleep spot of the brain which helps in bringing early

The following hypothesis were assessed during the study: Cosleeping would be associated with mothers’ reports of infant increased night waking, and Cosleeping will be associated with marital and co-parenting distress. The study consisted of 149 families and their one-month-old healthy infant who were recruited to participate in a larger longitudinal National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-funded study (Study of Infants’ Emergent Sleep Trajectories) of parenting, infant sleep, and infant development across the infants’ first 2 years. The study focused on the first year home visits, which took place when the infants were 1,3,6,9, and 12 months. There were 80 female and 69 male infants, and 95% of the families were married or living with a partner. Home visits were conducted daily during the ages of 1,3,6,9, and 12 months. At each different age point, family assessments were done, mothers and fathers completed

     Finally, sleep is lost and never will be regained. During the first year of a baby’s life, parents, especially mothers, lose 700 or more hours of sleep. That is a lot. No wonder parents look like a walking zombie. When babies do sleep through the night, parents still wake up to check on them to make sure that they are comfortable and everything is all right. Unfortunately, babies aren’t the only cause for loss of sleep. Teenagers are to. They go out and stay

Recent research has proven that children just are not getting the sleep they need these days. Kids today seem to be doing poorer in school and have less attention spans. Most parents are not aware of a common problem effecting thousands of children in this country: sleep disorders. Parents often fail to follow there children's sleeping patterns which can result in some serious side effects if that child has a sleep disorder. A study done at Tulane University in New Orleans studied about 300 first graders that preformed poorly in school. They found that 18 per cent showed signs of a sleeping problem. The percentage of children with bad grades found to have sleeping problems

At night, you lock the house down, tuck the kids into bed, clean your home, and you might even finish some last minute work. I bet you never thought about the things that can happen at night. As we kiss our children goodnight, our favorite line is “Goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite”. You never thought about your son sleepwalking through the night or even your daughter screaming out her sleep. What about your twins, who are both, having nightmares! Let us think about one more thing, did you even know that this could happen to anyone at any age, even you. Many Americans around the world lack the knowledge of realizing how important sleep really is. The lack of sleep can cause short-term and long-term health problems.