Sleep Practitioner

Course
from The Sleep Charity

The Sleep Practitioner
course is ideal for
professionals who want
to provide evidence
based intervention for
children age 12 months
upwards.
The course provides the resources to deliver
sleep clinics in your local community.
This course is accessed by a wide range of
professionals from health, education, social
care and the voluntary sector. Delegates
receive lectures from experts in their field
such as Professor Heather Elphick who lead
Sheffield Children’s Hospital’s sleep team,
Dr Donna Fisher, Clinical Psychologist and
Jenny Featherstone, Community Team
Leader for Physiotherapy and Occupation
Therapy.
The course is delivered over 3 days and
delegates engage in practical case study
work and produce a reflective assignment.
An application process is in place and
applicants must meet our required person
specification to be accepted on the course.
This course is often over subscribed so
please do apply early.
Sleep Practitioner Course
from The Sleep Charity
During the course you will cover:
• Sleep Physiology • Sensory Issues and • Sharing of Case Studies
• Assessment of Sleep Sleep • Attachment, Anxiety
Issues • Resources to Support and Sleep
• Impact of Sleep Improved Sleep • Enuresis
Deprivation • Supporting Children • Adolescence and Sleep
• Sleep Diaries with SEND
• Infant Sleep
• Strategies to Support • Medical Sleep Disorders
Improved Sleep • Medication and Sleep
• Sleep Hygiene • Evaluation Methods
You will be supplied with a pack of
materials, including:
COURSE COSTS
• Our presentation workbook pack
containing note pages, exercises Course Licences: £595/delegate
and useful resources For professionals and organisations, bulk
• Your Practitioner Materials book licences are available with the following
for sharing with families and young discounts:
people 10% discount for organisations booking
• A Case Study pack 10 or more licences
In response to Covid-19, our Sleep Practitioner
15% discount for organisations booking
Course is now being fully delivered online.
The 3 day course provides a range of learning 25 or more licences
experiences including access to pre-recorded
20% discount for organisations booking
presentations, live Q&A sessions, seminars
50 or more licences
and group discussions facilitated by experts in
their field.
To book your place or for more information on our courses, please contact us
on info@thesleepcharity.org.uk or visit thesleepcharity.org.uk
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from The Sleep Charity

LECTURE TEAM
Professor Heather Elphick
Prof Heather Elphick MBChB MRCP MD is a Consultant in Paediatric
Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Sheffield Children’s Hospital
and Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam University. Heather’s
team manage a comprehensive range of sleep conditions including
complex sleep apnoea and the largest narcolepsy clinic in the North
of England.
Heather is passionate about supporting families to get a good night’s
sleep and has supported the charity since it was founded in 2012.
As well as delivering our training, Heather is also proud to be on our
Board of Trustees and Chair of our Advisory Board, The Sleep Council.
Vicki Dawson
CEO and Founder of The Sleep Charity, Vicki has been delivering
sleep support to families for over a decade. Vick’s background is in
teaching, specialising in behaviour management and SEND. She is
a certified CBTi Clinician and has co-authored a number of books
and research papers.
The lecture team will also be joined by Sleep Practitioners from the charity who have
extensive experience of delivering evidence based sleep intervention. Some of these
include:

Fiona Boorman
Fiona is a Paediatric Bladder and Bowel Specialist Nurse. She has
a background in Special School Nursing and is passionate about Carol Claire
supporting families. Batchelor Earley

Dr Donna Fisher
Dr Donna Fisher is a Clinical Psychologist and delivers training on
our course around attachment and anxiety. Donna also trained
with the charity to become a sleep practitioner. Lauren Lisa
Slack Artis

Jenny Featherstone
Jenny is Community Team Leader for the Physiotherapy and
Occupational Therapy team at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation
Trust. Jenny provides training around sensory processing in relation
to sleep.
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