- Provides practical focus on sleep problems affecting children with specific neurodevelopmental conditions
- Introduces sleep disorders in the context of special populations
- Highlights unique and targeted treatment approaches in neurodevelopmental disabilities
- Outlines current diagnosis and treatment clearly
- Presents clinical pearls from experts in the field
- Features case studies illustrating clinical approach
- Challenges readers with future directions for the field
This practical guide presents approaches to working with children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disabilities who have sleep problems.
Divided into four sections, the book begins with the impact of sleep problems in children with disabilities and the evaluation of sleep complaints. The next two sections cover the major categories of sleep disorders as they apply in children with disabilities, and specific neurodevelopmental disabilities with their characteristic sleep manifestations. The last section details options for treatment, which include behavioral and environmental strategies, occupational therapy, exercise, and medications. Chapters feature case studies that introduce and reinforce diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
Those engaged in the care of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and sleep problems will find this text to be an invaluable guide when assessing and treating sleep disorders.
Table of Contents- Impact of Sleep in Children
- Evaluation of Sleep Problems in Children
- Polysomnography
- Actigraphy
- Insomnia
- Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders
- Parasomnias
- Hypersomnia
- Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
- Sleep-Related Movement Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Cerebral Palsy
- Down Syndrome
- Spina Bifida and Chiari Malformations
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Rett Syndrome
- Williams Syndrome
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
- Sleep and Epilepsy
- 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Intellectual Disability
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Cancer Survivors
- Concussion
- Prematurity
- Behavioral Sleep Interventions
- Medications
- Exercise, Weight, and Sleep
- Melatonin
- Occupational Therapy and Sleep
- Behavioral Intervention for Procedural Desensitization for Polysomnography
- Behavioral Intervention for Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP/BPAP) Desensitization
