Join us to find out why anxiety may effect sleep in children and young people and what you can do to help.

Anxiety and sleep

We all recognise how feeling stressed and anxious affects our sleep; we lay awake going over things in our mind and find it difficult to let go and drop off. Many of our children also struggle with this; their worlds are busy, noisy and demanding. Without the usual distractions our children struggle to let go of the day and settle at night. Their busy brains may also wake them during the night, affecting the quality of their sleep and yours too.

Join Nickie Sutton, Specialist Sleep Practitioner as we look at the reasons why anxious children and young people have difficulties sleeping, the reasons behind it, and why commonly suggested sleep strategies often don’t work. We will look at some simple and effective ways to help your child sleep and where you can go for onward support and help.

This is a free training event for parent carers of children with additional needs and/or disabilities within North Somerset. This event is also open to professionals who work with children/young people with additional needs and/or disabilities in North Somerset. Priority on place allocation will be given based on the criteria above.

On Zoom