Adapting Common Sleep Tips for Special Needs Children

In today's episode of The Gentle Parenting Show, Kim sat down with long time gentle sleep coach, Katie Holloran. Katie co-authored a book with Kim, the Good Night Sleep Tight Workbook for Children with Special Needs. Katie is also a board certified behavior analyst. 

In this episode, Katie and Kim discuss some of their best practices for getting children with special needs to sleep including tips for bedtime routines and some of the best products that can be helpful in the sleep training process. They cover quite a few topics and answer these questions:

• What is a behavioural sleep problem?
• Will special needs children always struggle with sleep?
• How should I handle bedtime?
• How do I get my special needs child to fall asleep?
• What are products to help?

Our favorite quotes from today's episode are "any small movement counts as movement towards teaching your kid to sleep. It doesn't have to be some large, grandeious act." and "sleep is a skill that can be taught and learned, and just because you have a certain diagnosis in your family, that doesn't mean that you'll never sleep again."

Recommended Products:

You can shop all recommended products from this episode here. Check out the Zone of Regulation curriculum here. 

Connect with Katie

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