Fit and Healthy Kids: The Importance of Sleep from the Perspective of Children, Youth, and Families

This course is part of the Fit and Healthy Kids series. The Fit and Healthy Kids Series on-demand classes consist of 2-hour of online course work at your own pace. A team of University of Nebraska Extension Professionals offers the Fit and Healthy Kids series on-demand programming to help increase the use of best practices in caring for and educating young children across the state.

Brief Description of Training:  This presentation discussed what we know from research studies about how the amount of sleep and the quality of sleep influences behaviors in children, youth and parents.

As a result of this training participants will:

1.     Encourage parents to look at the child’s sleep patterns.

2.     Watch for snoring and being tired despite sufficient sleep time.

3.     Be consistent with nap time routines.                                                                                            

Child Development Subject Area:  Steps to advance children’s physical
 and intellectual development.

Nebraska Core Competencies:  Health, Safety and Nutrition