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Why do we sleep? Sleep is important because it helps our brains rest and grow. Everyone needs sleep to feel good and stay healthy. Sleep is made up of lots of short sleep cycles joined together. How does typical sleep develop? As children grow their sleep changes. A baby needs a lot of sleep...
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Easy Read resource about tics and sleeping.
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At Sheffield Children’s we are changing the way that children with narcolepsy get their medications. We will be posting the medication to you, instead of you collecting it from your local pharmacy. The new way I will receive my medications Your hospital doctor writes a prescription for your...
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What are tics and Tourette syndrome? Tics are sudden jerky movements such as eye blinking or shoulder shrugging (motor tics) or making sounds such as throat clearing or saying words (vocal tics). Tics often get worse if someone is feeling excited, nervous or stressed. Tics usually start when a child...
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Safe sleep for your baby reduces the risk of sudden infant death. Top tips ✅ Place your baby on their back to sleep from the very beginning for both day and night sleeps. ⚠️ This will reduce the risk of sudden infant death (sometimes called cot death). Side sleeping is not as safe as...
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Encouraging good sleeping habits in children with learning disabilities, including bedtime routine, settling, timings, what to do if they wake in the night, crying, if they want to sleep in your bed, and daytime naps.
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Narcolepsy is a chronic condition that effects the sleep-wake cycles. Sleep is crucial for physical, emotional wellbeing and cognitive functioning, so narcolepsy impacts many parts of a persons life. Narcolepsy significantly impacts on the quality of night-time sleep leading to excessive daytime...
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This resource has been kindly shared by the Boston Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital. These questions are about your symptoms of possible sleep problems. Think about your last week while you were in school when choosing your answers. Download the full PDF...
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Medicine for Children resource for clonidine for treating Tourette’s syndrome, ADHD and sleep onset disorder.
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Transition is not a single event, or even a series of single events. It is a gradual process of supporting you and your family through teenage years and into adulthood. The process should begin at age 14 (during your Year 9 annual review at school). This timeline should act as a guide to help you...
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Sheffield Children’s paediatric sleep disorders nursing team.
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NHS Better Health webpage on sleep problems.
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The Sleep Charity is an independent charity with expert voices on sleep issues in the UK and we are here to help everyone get a better night’s sleep.
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The Sleep Charity resource about relaxation at bedtime for parents and carers, and their children.
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What is cataplexy? Cataplexy is a symptom of Narcolepsy Type 1. It is the sudden and brief loss of muscle tone as a response to emotion (commonly laughter). This might cause the person to feel weak or to collapse completely. This means children will learn to avoid any situation where they may laugh...
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Top tips for sleep in children with osteogenesis imperfecta Muscular aches and pains are common in osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) especially if you have had an active day. These can be worse at night as this is a time to switch off and relax, distractions are less, which can make aches and pains more...
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If you are coming to the autism post-diagnosis sleep workshop, please complete this 1 day sleep diary before the session. This will help you to think about lots of sleep related factors for your child or young person. If you can not print or download this diary just use a piece of paper to...
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This is an information sheet about the post-diagnosis nursing support for parents and carers of children and young people with autism. What support do you offer? If your child or young person has received a diagnosis of autism you will be offered access to further support, if you want it. We offer...
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Planned sleep time: Planned wake up time:
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Hello , I am Theo Bear. I am tired and want some help trying to get to sleep. Can you help me sleep by doing some special activities with me before bedtime? Planned sleep time: Planned wake up time:
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Child’s name: Hospital number: Planned sleep time: Planned wake up time: Week 1 Date: Quiet time: Bedtime: Wake up time: Week 2 Date: Quiet time: Bedtime: Wake up time: Week 3 Date: Quiet time: Bedtime: Wake up time:
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Problems with sleep are common for children and young people with chronic fatigue. This resource will give you some useful information and tips on how to manage your sleep as part of your energy management programme. Sleep is essential for your health and wellbeing. Sleep improves your energy, helps...
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