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Sleep Training for Professionals

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PAEDIATRIC CBT-I FOR PROFESSIONALS 

CBT-I is a well established, evidence based sleep management approach usually used in the treatment of adult insomnia, but we will teach you how to use CBT-I with children and young people, and also look at how to take a parent-led CBT-I approach.

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The course is a two day live online course.

Maximum 12 participants, so as to allow learners to ask questions and participate in group learning. 

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The course is open to those working with families who hold a professional qualification i.e. nurse, health visitor, teacher, therapists etc. and/or, to those who have already completed our level six Advanced Paediatric Sleep Training course.

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 Learners are expected to have already completed some previous sleep training. 

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The course is evidence based and all research is fully referenced so that learners have the opportunity to further expand their knowledge.

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COST & TIME COMMITMENT & DATES 

The course is a two day live online course.

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Course dates: Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th April 2025, 09.00 - 17.00 (UK time). 

This course is now open for booking.

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Cost: £900

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Maximum 12 participants. 

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A certificate will be issued at the end of the course.

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WHO IS THE COURSE FOR

The course is open at all professionals working with children, families and young people, who hold a professional qualification i.e. Nurses, Teachers, Doctors, Social Workers, Therapists etc.

The course is also open to anyone who has already completed our level six Advanced Paediatric Sleep Training course.

 

All participants are expected to have already completed some previous sleep training. Please contact us for more information.

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COURSE CONTENT

Introduction to CBT-I

  • What’s so special about CBT?

  • Why does CBT work well with Insomnia?

  • Types of CBT-I online, face to face, group work, resources

  • Developmental implications, limitations and adaptions for different ages and abilities.

 

Sleep Science for CBT-I

  • Two systems approach: homeostatic sleep pressure and circadian regulation

  • Adaptation and stress response: role of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

  • Working with the HPA Axis

  • Sleep neuroscience: neural plasticity

  • Psychology of change

 

Sleep restriction

  • Scientific principles

  • Sleep restriction or sleep compression

  • How to set a sleep window

  • How to open a sleep window

  • Ethical considerations

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Stimulus Control

  • Psychology of conditioning

  • Building strong connections with bed and sleep

  • Environmental and developmental considerations

  • Sustainability and boundary issues

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Cognition

  • Systemic practice: considering family relationships

  • Core beliefs

  • Automatic thoughts

  • Working with anxiety

  • Behavioural experiments

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Additional areas covered

  • Using a parent-led approach

  • Relaxation techniques

  • Review of current research/ new developments in the field

  • Integration of techniques into current field of practice

About the tutor

Kirsty Vant

RGN BSc(Hons) MBACP MRes

Originally a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse, Kirsty completed a diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). She has a Master of Research degree from Goldsmiths where she conducted research into the factors that affect sleep in early adolescence and she is currently completing a PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London where she is researching how CBT-I with children affects mental health, memory and parenting stress.

 

Kirsty is interested in the application of CBT-i with different clinic populations, using novel techniques. In 2022 she was awarded an Innovate UK grant to launch a digital course, “Slumber Skills”, which is a commercially available resource for parents to learn how to apply CBT-i techniques to children with sleep difficulties.

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