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EVOC Network Meeting 8 May 2014 Sleep Scotland's Role in Edinburgh's community of families, children and young people Jane Ansell, CEO Sleep Scotland Aims To improve the quality of life for families of children with additional support

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EVOC Network Meeting 8 May 2014

‘Sleep Scotland's Role in Edinburgh's community

  • f families, children and young people’

Jane Ansell, CEO

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Sleep Scotland Aims

To improve the quality of life for families

  • f children with

additional support needs and who have sleep problems by providing the most appropriate intervention To increase the chances of children and young people with sleep problems to reach their potential To raise awareness of the impact of sleep deprivation on the health and wellbeing of families nation-wide

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What Sleep Scotland does to deliver its aims

  • The Sleep Counselling Service – Sleep Scotland’s

behavioural intervention approach

  • Training and on-going support for multi-professional

practitioners

  • Support Line
  • Parent workshops
  • Raise awareness
  • Partnership with the statutory and voluntary services
  • Sound Sleep – Education Resource for Secondary Schools
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The Sleep Counselling Service

Network of multi-professional and multi-agency teams of professionals trained to deliver – tried and tested behavioural and cognitive techniques to manage sleep problems of children with additional support needs.

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EDUCATION

Teachers, Nursery Nurses, School Nurses, Pre-School Home Visiting Teachers

HEALTH

Health Visitors, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Community Paediatricians, Educational/Clinical Psychologists, Community Disability Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Clinical Medical Officers

SOCIAL WORK

Social Workers, Resource and Support Workers

VOLUNTARY SECTOR

Sense Scotland, Capability Scotland, Barnardos, Scottish Society for Autism, Action for Children (NCH), Stepping Stones, Aberlour Child Care Trust

Sleep Scotland’s Sleep Counsellors Network of multi-professionals providing sleep counselling and sleep advice to families throughout Scotland

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Sleep Counselling

  • Face to face intervention
  • Partnership between parents/carers and two sleep

counsellors

  • Sleep assessment and sleep diaries
  • Setting targets
  • Individualised sleep programme
  • As long as it takes
  • Endings
  • Evaluation
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Why is Sleep Scotland needed?

Severe sleep disorders…

  • Are more common in children with A.S.N
  • Can go on for years
  • Major cause of stress in families
  • Reduce the quality of parental care
  • Affect the child’s and their siblings

development and can cause mental health problems for all family members

  • Often cause families to decide on residential

care for their child

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Why is Sleep Scotland needed?

Severe sleep disorders…

Poor sleep damages health!

  • Obesity
  • Diabetes
  • Heart disease
  • Poor brain function
  • Mental health problems

have all been linked to substandard sleep

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Why is Sleep Scotland needed?

Why are children with Additional Support Needs

More Likely to Have Sleep Problems?

  • Physical basis for sleep problems
  • Communication disorders
  • Hyperactivity
  • Poor memory or cognitive skills
  • Prolonged hospitalisation in infancy
  • Bedtime routines not established
  • Medication
  • Parents may unwittingly disturb a child’s sleep pattern
  • Psychological factors
  • Respiratory problems
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Bringing Up children – Your Views (The Scottish Government, September 2012)

“Parents want to know how to get their children to sleep at night”

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“Tired all the time” Family Fund 2013

Family fund surveyed parents and carers raising disabled children across the UK. The key findings:

  • Over 93% are up in the night with their children
  • 49% have health issues due to the lack of sleep
  • 22% have had relationship problems as a result
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Source: groups.msn.com/the autismhomepage/ sleep.msnw. Citing Clements, Wing & Dunn (1986) & Richdale & Prior (1995)

56 – 83% of people with ASD experience some kind of sleep difficulty

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Resolving ¡children’s ¡ sleep ¡problems ¡ improves ¡the ¡sleep ¡ and ¡wellbeing ¡of ¡the ¡ whole ¡family, ¡ enabling ¡parents ¡to ¡ provide ¡be9er ¡care ¡ for ¡their ¡children. ¡

Having ¡sufficient ¡sleep ¡ ensures ¡that ¡children ¡ can ¡make ¡the ¡most ¡of ¡ taking ¡part ¡in ¡ recrea?onal ¡ac?vi?es ¡at ¡ home ¡and ¡in ¡the ¡

  • community. ¡

Where ¡appropriate, ¡ children ¡are ¡involved ¡in ¡ devising ¡their ¡sleep ¡

  • programme. ¡Children’s ¡

needs ¡are ¡the ¡centre ¡of ¡ the ¡sleep ¡counselling ¡

  • process. ¡

Children ¡are ¡educa?on ¡in ¡ good ¡sleep ¡prac?ce. ¡ Where ¡appropriate, ¡they ¡ are ¡involved ¡with ¡devising ¡ their ¡sleep ¡programme. ¡

Sleep ¡Scotland ¡ helps ¡children ¡

  • vercome ¡the ¡

health ¡inequality ¡

  • f ¡sleep ¡

depriva?on. ¡

Sleep ¡counsellors ¡ are ¡trained ¡in ¡child ¡ protec?on. ¡ Helping ¡children ¡ improve ¡their ¡ sleep ¡pa9erns ¡ helps ¡parents ¡care ¡ for ¡their ¡children ¡

  • be9er. ¡

Having ¡healthy ¡sleep ¡is ¡ essen?al ¡for ¡children ¡to ¡ reach ¡their ¡physical, ¡ emo?onal ¡and ¡ educa?onal ¡poten?al. ¡

Through ¡improving ¡ children’s ¡sleep, ¡Sleep ¡ Scotland ¡is ¡improving ¡their ¡ ability ¡to ¡learn, ¡develop ¡ new ¡skills, ¡and ¡have ¡ confidence ¡and ¡self ¡esteem. ¡

Nurtured Respected Ac?ve Responsible Include d Health y Achieving Safe

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GIRFEC Approach and Sleep Scotland

Builds solutions with and around children, young people and families Sleep Scotland is part of the solution offering individualised sleep programmes Enables children and young people to get the help they need when they need it Sleep Scotland is a specialist service needed by children and young people Supports a positive shift in culture, systems and practice Sleep Scotland is a dynamic

  • rganisation training and supporting

practitioners to help ensure children and young people reach their full potential Involves working better together to improve life chances for children, young people and families Sleep Scotland’s services are delivered in partnership with the statutory and voluntary sectors

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Adequate sleep is essential for children and young people to reach their full potential,

educationally, physically and mentally.

SO1 ¡Our ¡children ¡ have ¡the ¡best ¡start ¡ in ¡life, ¡are ¡able ¡to ¡ make ¡and ¡sustain ¡ rela6onships ¡and ¡ are ¡ready ¡to ¡ succeed

Sleep Scotland’s sleep counselling services support Edinburgh’s Integrated Plans For Children and Young People

SO4 ¡Our ¡children ¡ and ¡young ¡people ¡ are ¡physically ¡and ¡ emo6onally ¡healthy SO3 ¡Our ¡children ¡ and ¡young ¡people ¡ in ¡need, ¡or ¡with ¡a ¡ disability, ¡have ¡ improved ¡life ¡ chances SO2 ¡Our ¡children ¡and ¡ young ¡people ¡are ¡ successful ¡learners, ¡ confident ¡individuals ¡ and ¡responsible ¡ ci6zens ¡making ¡a ¡ posi6ve ¡contribu6on ¡ to ¡their ¡communi6es

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Sleep Scotland aligns with National Policies and Strategies

The National Outcomes Equally Well

Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHS Scotland

Early Years Framework Mental Health Strategy Autism Strategy Carers Strategy

Equalities and Human Rights Policy

Achieving our potential Getting it right for every child

National parenting Strategy Self-Management Strategy for Long Term Conditions

E Health Strategy

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Sleep Counsellor Training

Run over 6 days Aimed at professionals who work with children and young people with additional support needs Participants will

  • gain knowledge and understanding of sleep patterns

and processes

  • be able to apply cognitive and behavioural principles

to managing sleep problems in children with additional support needs

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Sleep Awareness Training

Run over 2 days Aimed at professionals providing early intervention support Participants will:

  • gain knowledge of sleep hygiene and sleep

processes

  • be able to provide families techniques to establish and

maintain a good night time routine for their children

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Two Tier Training

A combination of Sleep counselling and Sleep Awareness training A cost effective way to train a team All parents receive appropriate support Waiting times are reduced

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Scheduled Training Dates

6-day Sleep Counselling Training

  • Inverness

September 2014

  • Edinburgh

January 2014 2-day Sleep Awareness Training

  • TBA
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Sound Sleep

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A ¡teaching ¡resource ¡that ¡gives ¡schools ¡(or ¡youth ¡groups) ¡all ¡they ¡ need ¡to ¡deliver ¡lessons ¡and ¡workshops ¡on ¡the ¡importance ¡of ¡ sleep ¡for ¡the ¡overall ¡wellbeing ¡of ¡our ¡teenagers. ¡ ¡

  • One ¡day ¡‘train ¡the ¡trainer’ ¡workshop ¡
  • Comprehensive ¡teaching ¡manual ¡and ¡CD ¡
  • Peer ¡mentor ¡programme ¡

¡

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¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ Scheduled ¡Sound ¡Sleep ¡Training ¡ Dates: ¡

¡

  • Inverness ¡September ¡2014 ¡
  • Edinburgh ¡September ¡2014 ¡
  • West ¡Lothian ¡2014 ¡

¡ ¡

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Gwen’s DVD

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8 Hope Park Square Edinburgh EH8 9NW Tel: 0131 651 1392 www.sleepscotland.org

enquiries@sleepscotland.org