Children
The Sleep Charity provides a wide range of well-respected and established sleep courses aimed at children and young people. Whether you’re a professional or a parent/carer, choose from our introductory sleep courses which share the basics around sleep and practical strategies, to more intensive training where sleep is explored in more detail. There is a course to suit everyone and each one will empower you with evidence-based information and knowledge.
All of our courses support children, young people and their families to get a good night’s sleep.
Foundation Sleep Workshop
Our Foundation Programme provides an introduction to our work and is suitable for both parents/carers and professionals. The course covers the importance of sleep, sleep physiology, how to identify the causes of sleep issues and some practical strategies to try.
Sleep Success Workshop
Our Sleep Success programme builds on the learning from the Foundation Programme offering a more in-depth exploration of sleep issues and providing strategies to explore. It is suitable for both parent/carers and professionals.
Supporting Children and Young People with SEND and Sleep Issues
This bolt on module explores how to support children and young people with SEND and sleep issues, outlines some of the common sleep issues faced and prevalence of these, plus factors to consider supporting a better night’s sleep.
Sleep Champion Workshop
This training course is designed for professionals working in secondary schools. It outlines the reasons for the sleep issues, practical strategies to support youngsters to improve their sleep and resources to share with both parents/carers and young people.
Sleep Support for Young People – Professionals
Our introductory teen sleep training course, supported with a sleep journal, is designed for professionals to learn more about sleep in adolescents and use the journal to support the young people they are working with.
Sleep Support for Young People – Parents/Carers
Our introductory teen sleep training course, supported with a sleep journal, is designed for parents/carers to learn more about teen sleep and use the journal with their child.
Sleep Tight Workshop
Sleep Tight is a course for professionals and provides the tools needed to deliver early intervention sleep workshops. Ideal for Family Support workers this comprehensive training package provides you with a toolkit to use directly with families.
Sleep Practitioner Course
Endorsed by the British Sleep Society, our flagship course is ideal for professionals who want to provide evidence based intervention for children age 12 months upwards. The course provides the resources to deliver sleep clinics in your local community.
Boarding Schools Training
Designed for those working in independent schools who want to support the wellbeing of their students. It aims to improve sleep patterns for young people through specialist, evidence-based training, by evaluating current practices and identifying areas to develop in the setting.
Sleep Talkers SEND
Our high-quality Sleep Talkers programme is a train-the-trainer approach for professionals working with children and young people with SEND, and their families, to learn the skills needed to begin those all-important conversations around sleep.