ADHD & Sleep: Parent Video Toolkit
A series of practical, science-based videos for tired parents.
If bedtime battles, middle-of-the-night wake ups, or early rising are wearing your family down, you’re not alone.
This short series of videos explains:
Why kids with ADHD struggle with sleep (and what’s actually going on in their brain)
What you can do tonight to make bedtime calmer and more successful
Simple, evidence-based techniques for improving sleep routines
Includes:
7 short, engaging videos (total runtime: ±28 minutes)
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Created by Sleep Science, researchers in the sleep field looking to translate cutting-edge research into actionable insights for busy parents who don’t have time to read journal articles.
Help your child fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up happier.
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Lesson 1: ADHD and sleep in children
These first two videos discuss the relationship between sleep and ADHD, specifically in children (<13y of age). In the first video we look at the prevalence and nature of sleep problems experienced by children with ADHD and we explore some of the proposed underlying causes of these sleep problems.
These first two videos discuss the relationship between sleep and ADHD, specifically in children (<13y of age). In the first video we look at the prevalence and nature of sleep problems experienced by children with ADHD and we explore some of the proposed underlying causes of these sleep problems.
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Lesson 2: Sleep and ADHD in children
In this second video we unpack the cyclical relationship between sleep and ADHD. We learn how sleep problems can affect ADHD and how ADHD can in turn affect sleep.
In this second video we unpack the cyclical relationship between sleep and ADHD. We learn how sleep problems can affect ADHD and how ADHD can in turn affect sleep.
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Lesson 3: ADHD medication and sleep
This video focuses on the role that ADHD medication may have on sleep, specifically the stimulant medication often prescribed for ADHD.
This video focuses on the role that ADHD medication may have on sleep, specifically the stimulant medication often prescribed for ADHD.
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Lesson 4: Common sleep disorders in children with ADHD
This video focuses on sleep disorders that may occur in children with ADHD. The intention here is to help parents recognize these disorders, which may require separate treatment to ADHD.
This video focuses on sleep disorders that may occur in children with ADHD. The intention here is to help parents recognize these disorders, which may require separate treatment to ADHD.
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Lesson 5: How to spot if your child has a problem with sleep
In this video we start to get a little practical. Here are some tips to help you identify potential sleep problems in your child.
In this video we start to get a little practical. Here are some tips to help you identify potential sleep problems in your child.
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Lesson 6: Tips to improve sleep in children with ADHD
Here are some tips, recommendations, and strategies to improve poor sleep in children with ADHD. These tips will mainly be focused on environmental and behavioural interventions that can be done at home, without the use of sleep medication. Diagnosed sleep disorders will require management by the doctor caring for your child.
Here are some tips, recommendations, and strategies to improve poor sleep in children with ADHD. These tips will mainly be focused on environmental and behavioural interventions that can be done at home, without the use of sleep medication. Diagnosed sleep disorders will require management by the doctor caring for your child.
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Lesson 7: Sleep and ADHD in adolescents
This video explains how adolescents (13-19y of age) and/or children going through puberty face additional challenges owing to changes in their circadian rhythms. This video will discuss how parents can manage their teen’s sleep to best suit their child’s needs.
This video explains how adolescents (13-19y of age) and/or children going through puberty face additional challenges owing to changes in their circadian rhythms. This video will discuss how parents can manage their teen’s sleep to best suit their child’s needs.
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