Update on paediatric and adolescent sleep

Sleep and a regular circadian rhythm is vital for normal growth, cognition, and metabolic function from birth to adulthood and sleep plays a fundamental role learning and regulation of mood. Despite this, there is limited access to specific training in sleep medicine for children or adults during UK medical training. This full day event will help healthcare professionals to understand normal paediatric sleep from ages 0 to 18, how to spot sleep disorders, and what the most up-to-date therapies are.

Why Attend?

• Hear from key speakers, including national leaders in paediatric sleep medicine from one of the largest paediatric sleep services in the UK.
• Receive expert advice on paediatric sleep and circadian rhythm disorders in children and adolescents including, behavioural pattern insomnia, parasomnias like sleepwalking, narcolepsy, and obstructive sleep apnoea.
• Learn about key recent advances in therapies for sleep disordered breathing, circadian rhythm disorders, and novel therapies for narcolepsy.
• Comprehend what is considered ‘normal sleep’ and how society should support infants and children to sleep.
• Engage in discussions regarding sleep history, relevant investigations, and current therapies for sleep and circadian rhythm disorders.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand normal sleep and the common sleep and circadian rhythm disorders in children and adolescents.
• Be able to assess sleep and circadian disorders, including the history, examination, and role of investigations.
• Evaluate the causes of a sleepy child.
• Understand the presentation and treatment of sleep disordered breathing in those with and without learning disabilities.

Who can attend?

• Paediatricians.
• GP’s.
• Trainees.
• Consultants.
• Other healthcare professionals interested or working in this field.