Sleep Development

University College London

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In London

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    12h

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This two-day course provides a basic introduction to the importance and function of sleep across the lifespan. It will next run from 13 to 14 June 2018.
You'll learn about sleep and the effects of poor sleep on cognition, learning and physiology, in relation to typically developing groups and groups with developmental disabilities (such as Down syndrome, Williams syndrome and autism).
You’ll also learn about interventions to promote healthy sleep.
There'll also be opportunities to meet people from different working environments (medical and educational) and discover potential research opportunities and collaborations.
This course is run by the Lifespan Learning and Sleep Laboratory, based in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at UCL Institute of Education (IOE).

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

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About this course

This course will help you to:
explore the relationship between sleep and development in typical and atypical groups
develop an understanding of the bidirectional relationship between sleep and learning outcomes for children and young people (CYP)
use evidence from research to explore the implications of poor sleep for developing CYP cross-culturally
develop a critical perspective regarding sleep interventions for typically developing CYP and CYP who are atypically developing

The course is aimed at:
medical professionals
sleep researchers
GPs
health visitors
social workers
habilitation specialists
paediatric doctors and nurses
those with an interest in sleep and sleep research

You’ll receive a certificate of attendance.

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Subjects

  • Physiology
  • Physiology science
  • Cross-cultural influences
  • Cultural Sources
  • Cultural Studies
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Cross Cultural Communication
  • Syndrome
  • ADHD
  • Hyperactivity
  • Special Educational
  • Adolescence

Course programme

Over the two days there’ll be six two-hour sessions, taught by professionals and researchers in the field.

The sessions will cover:

  1. Introduction to sleep: examining the biology and physiology of sleep, the underlying mechanisms of sleep, biomarkers associated with sleep, the importance of sleep in a global typically developing context and the adverse effects of sleep deprivation
  2. Sleep in babies and infants and young children
  3. Sleep in children and adolescence
  4. Sleep in special educational needs (autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD etc.)
  5. Sleep in genetic conditions (Down syndrome and Williams syndrome)
  6. Sleep in cross-cultural influences
Assessment

There’s no formal assessment, but your knowledge and understanding will be informally assessed in activities, quizzes and plenaries at the end of each session.

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