Take Charge of Your Child's Sleep The All-in-One Resource for Solving Sleep Problems in Kids and Teens

by Owens, Judith A.; Mindell, Jodi A.

• ISBN13: 9781569243626
• ISBN10: 156924362X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-10
• Publisher: Balance

Summary

Over 25 percent of all childrennot just infants, but adolescents and high school students as wellexperience various forms of sleep problems, from short-term difficulties with falling asleep and nightwalkings to long-term problems of sleep apnea and narcolepsy. Give Your Child a Good Night's Sleep is the first book to provide parents of older children with a comprehensive, accessible resource for understanding and solving their child's sleep problems. Written by two of the country's foremost experts in pediatric sleep problems, Owens and Mindell explain the developmental importance of sleep at all ages, cover all of the common sleep issues parents may encounter, and offer age-specific recommendations for each problem discussed. Give Your Child a Good Night's Sleep is the essential, all-in-one resource for parents seeking to recognize, evaluate, prevent, and manage their school-aged children's sleep problems.

Author Biography

Judith Owens, Ph.D., a developmental-behavioral pediatrician, has been the Director of the Pediatric Sleep Disorders Clinic at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, RI, for the last 10 years and is one of the premier authorities on pediatric sleep problems. She is also Director of the Learning, Attention, and Behavior Program at Hasbro and a nationally recognized authority on ADHD. The chair of the pediatric section of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and a faculty member at Brown Medical School, Owens lives with her family in Providence, RI.

Jodi Mindell, M.D., M.P.H., is a leading authority on clinical sleep disorders in children and the Associate Director of the Sleep Disorders Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She is also on the Advisory Board of Johnson & Johnson, the Board of Advisors of Parents magazine, and on the Medical Advisory Board of BabyCenter.com. Mindell lives with her family in Philadelphia, PA.

Owens and Mindell have collectively appeared on over 200 TV and radio shows discussing children's and adolescents' sleep issues, including The Today Show, CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, CNN, and MSNBC. They are both frequently quoted in a wide array of publications, such as Parents, Child, Parenting, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and Newsweek magazines and the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune.

Table of Contents

The Basics of Sleep
The Top Ten Reasons Why a Good Night's Sleep Is Important	p. 1
Sleep 101: Straight Talk about Sleep and Sleep Problems in Kids	p. 9
Sleep Across the Ages: What's Normal and What's Not	p. 19
Bedtime Stories: Common Myths about Kids and Sleep	p. 35
Sleep Strategies
Sleep Stealers: What May Be Robbing Your Child of a Good Night's Sleep	p. 45
Ten Steps (and a few additional suggestions) to a Good Night's Sleep	p. 61
"What Do I Do?": The Top Parenting Sleep Challenges	p. 69
Sleep Problems and Solutions
"I'm Not Going to Bed": Bedtime Problems	p. 87
Still Not Sleeping Through the Night: Night Wakings	p. 99
"There's a Monster in My Closet": Nighttime Fears and Nightmares	p. 109
Tossing and Turning: Insomnia	p. 125
Things That Go Bump in the Night: Sleepwalking and Sleep Terrors	p. 137
Snoring and Snorting: Sleep Apnea and Other Breathing Problems During Sleep	p. 149
Jumping and Jiving: Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder	p. 169
Night Owls: Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome	p. 181
"I'm So Sleepy": Narcolepsy	p. 195
Sleep Issues
Why Johnny Can't Pay Attention ... or Sleep!: Sleep and ADHD	p. 207
Sleepy Teens and the High Cost of Sleep Deprivation: What Parents and Schools Can Do	p. 223
Sleep Problems in Children with Medical, Emotional, and Developmental Special Needs	p. 237
Sleep Drugs: Should You Use Medication to Help Your Child Sleep?	p. 247
Sleep Diaries	p. 253
Resources for Families	p. 255
Acknowledgments	p. 261
Index	p. 263
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