Our sleep counselling training is a blended learning experience which equips professionals with the skills and resources necessary to set up and run a sleep counselling service for children and young people with autism and other additional support needs. The training includes supported online learning and practical in-person sessions involving case studies and assessments.
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Who can apply?
Our sleep counselling training is aimed at professionals working with children and young people with additional support needs. This includes social workers, doctors, health visitors, psychologists, teachers, specialist nurses, youth workers, residential workers, occupational therapists etc.
After completing the training, professionals will be ready to set up and run a sleep counselling service.
Sleep Action expects professionals to commit to a minimum of 2.5 hours per fortnight for providing a sleep counselling service. Those who have trained with us cannot charge parents, carers or young people for any support they provide regarding sleep.
What are the objectives of the Sleep Counselling training course?
During this training course we will deliver the following:
Give participants a comprehensive knowledge of sleep processes and the psychology and physiology of sleep
Give participants a thorough understanding of the range of sleep issues that children and young people may experience
Introduce participants to applying cognitive and behavioural principles and techniques to manage the sleep problems of children and young people
Explain and demonstrate how to set up and run a sleep counselling service
What are the expected outcomes of the Sleep Counselling training course?
At the end of the course, participants will be able to do the following:
Apply cognitive and behavioural principles to managing sleep problems in children with additional support needs
Set up a sleep counselling service in conjunction with Sleep Action to help parents, carers, children and young people with sleep issues
Provide a sleep counselling service for a minimum of 2.5 hours per fortnight, which is free at the point of contact
Structure of the Sleep Counselling training course
An initial 20 hours of self-led online learning to be completed over 3 weeks
3 consecutive online morning workshops (via Zoom)
8 weeks to complete your first sleep counselling case
Final morning workshop
Certification is dependent on satisfactory completion of your first sleep counselling case. Ongoing support is provided to all of our sleep counsellors.
