Treating Teen Sleep Problems (Certified) - incl. Morning Light Therapy
Treating Teen Sleep Problems (Certified) - incl. Morning Light Therapy
Our short online course was developed by light therapy expert Prof Michael Gradisar - one of the world's top researchers into adolescent sleep. He has compiled the best techniques into one easy-to-learn program, so that health professionals can learn to identify the main causes of sleep problems in teenagers, and match them to evidence-based techniques - the same ones Prof Gradisar has tested and uses in his practice
Completion of this course provides you with the certified “Teen Sleep Practitioner” title and badge.
Price in US dollars
This self-guided online Treating Teen Sleep Problems course consists of:
Module 1 - Adolescent Sleep: Background to Diagnosis
Learn the main reasons why teenagers sleep too late and sleep too little. And we prove it’s not because of their technology use.
Be provided with the key measures and diagnostic tools to correctly identify the source of teen sleep problems - so you can then match it with the right treatment!
Learn the pros and cons of including parents in teen sleep therapy.
Module 2 - Bright Light Therapy
Learn why light helps to change the timing of our body clock and sleep timing - and avoid the common pitfalls that so many health professionals fall into.
Learn the step-by-step processes of tailoring a Bright Light Therapy plan to a teen with sleep problems.
Learn to troubleshoot all the things that could go wrong - and sometimes do go wrong.
Module 3 - Melatonin and Chronotherapy
Learn how melatonin helps to change the timing of our body clock and sleep timing - that’s right, just like bright light therapy. Learn the step-by-step processes to tailor a melatonin plan for your teen clients.
When all else fails there is another therapeutic technique to help teens fall asleep at the right time and wake-up at the right time. It’s called Chronotherapy. What is it and how do you do it. Learn from those who’ve been doing it for over a decade.
Each Module consists of:
An Online Video
Weekly Exercise
Weekly Practice Quiz
Weekly Readings
Self-Guided Handout (containing sleep measures, clinical sleep interview, etc.)
The Course finishes with a 20 Multiple-Choice Question Exam. Once passed, you will receive a Certificate of Achievement and the Teen Sleep Badge to certify you as a Teen Sleep Practitioner.
Total Time = 9 hrs video content + 1 hr of weekly activities
Course duration: Minimum of 3 weeks; Maximum 12 months.
YOUR Instructor
Professor Michael Gradisar
Professor Gradisar is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in the treatment of teen sleep problems for 18 years.
As a Sleep Researcher, he has published over 120 scientific studies, reports, book chapters and books - all about sleep - with over 75 of those publications about adolescent sleep - making him one of the world’s gurus.
In his role as a Lecturer, he’s been training clinical psychologists and health professionals for over 19 years. He knows how to transfer knowledge to skills - and how to make 3-hr classes fun!
