Module 1 - Diagnosis & Contributing Factors

• Learn the fundamentals of School-Kid’s Sleep (eg, how much sleep they need; how much they get; cultural influences, etc).

• Learn the main contributing factors that cause sleep problems in this age group, how it relates to but also differs from classic forms of anxiety, as well as identifying the clinical presentation of children who struggle to fall asleep without parental presence.

• Learn how to diagnose insomnia in School Kids with our science-backed Clinical Sleep Interview designed especially for this age group.

Handout resources incl. - diagnostic criteria; clinical sleep history interview; kid’s sleep diary; key questionnaires and instructions.

Module 2 - The Science

• Prof Gradisar will take you through a chronological journey of the series of clinical trials his team performed to discover what techniques work best.

• Gain key scientific knowledge so you can answer FAQs commonly asked by parents - questions collated over almost two decades of clinical practice with families with school aged kids.

• Go behind the curtains and get access to yet-to-be-published data demonstrating how the techniques you’ll learn in Module 3 work.

Module 3 - Behavioural Therapies

• Prof Gradisar teaches you how to implement the behavioural therapies his team adapted from behavioural sleep medicine for adults, step-by-step, session-by-session.

• Begin learning how to identify which behavioural therapy is best suited to which school-aged child.

• Learn step-by-step how to deliver exposure therapy to school-children experiencing sleep problems (and how to motivate them! ).

Handout resources incl. - ‘how-to’ instructions for behavioural therapies; worksheets to accompany exposure therapy implementation.

Module 4 - Cognitive Therapies

• Yes, school kid’s can worry like adults with insomnia - as well as kids with anxiety. Professor Gradisar will guide you through a simple technique to identify which cognitive therapy is suited to which child.

• Learn an engaging way to introduce how a child’s thoughts are connected to their emotions - and of course sleep!

• Learn how to teach children and their parents how to challenge unhelpful thoughts and introduce helpful thoughts.

Professor Gradisar is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in the treatment of school-aged kids’ sleep problems for 18 years.

• As a Sleep Researcher, he has published over 130 scientific studies, reports, book chapters and books - all about sleep - including clinical trials for School Kid’s Sleep Problems - making him one of the world’s gurus.

• In his role as a Lecturer, he’s trained clinical psychologists and health professionals for over 20 years. He knows how to transfer knowledge to skills - and how to make classes fun!

• He has designed classes and Courses for Undergraduate, Honours and Postgraduate university degrees, as well as webinars, workshops and talks around the world.