Our wake-up call to help young people improve their sleep patterns: How a specialist school nursing team's sleep project benefitted children and young people with severe learning disabilities.

Sleep problems are not uncommon in children, but if a child or young person has a learning disability then sleep problems are significantly higher and more complex. Left without intervention, these problems are likely to transition into adulthood. The nurses in my team are all too aware of families...

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Published in:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 14 - 16
Main Author: Bembridge, Avril
Format: pictorial Journal Article
Published: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) 8/4/2022
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          Sleep Methods
          School Nursing
          Intellectual Disability
          Severity of Illness
          Sleep Hygiene Methods
          Sleep Disorders
          Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
          Child
          Adolescence
          Adult
          Sleep Physiology
          Children with Disabilities
          Psychological Distress
          Insomnia
          Cognition
          Nursing Care
          Patient Education
          Child: 6-12 years
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Adult: 19-44 years
      ab: Sleep problems are not uncommon in children, but if a child or young person has a learning disability then sleep problems are significantly higher and more complex. Left without intervention, these problems are likely to transition into adulthood. The nurses in my team are all too aware of families who struggle with their child's poor sleep and its knock-on effects.
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