Dr. Shelly Weiss

Better Nights, Better Days: An Online Intervention to Help Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders to Sleep Better

2023-10-19T10:34:41-08:00

Challenge Children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) often struggle with sleeping, which can impair their day-to-day functioning while placing a heavy burden on caregivers. Project Summary Better Days, Better Nights for Children with NDDs (BNBD-NDD) is a behavioural eHealth intervention. The intervention focuses on increasing and encouraging healthy sleep behaviours as a way to help children [...]

The Better Nights, Better Days Project Helping Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders Sleep Better

2023-05-04T08:15:57-08:00

Challenge Up to 90% of children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) experience sleep problems, particularly insomnia, which refers to difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, and waking up in the morning. This number is in stark contrast to the 25% of typically developing children who have trouble sleeping. Poor sleep can lead to significant consequences for children’s [...]

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