Developing Independent Sleep Initiation Skills and Decreasing Night Wakings: A Case Study Holly J. Zumpfe Munroe-Meyer Institute

Pediatric Sleep Clinic Brett Kuhn, Ph.D. Director Treat common sleep problems –Bedtime Resistance –Bedwetting –Nightmares –Night-time fears –Night-time waking –Sleep Terrors/Sleep Walking –Sleep-Wake Schedule problems –Compliance for medical procedures

The 2-Second A to ZZZZ’s 20 to 30% of Children experience sleep disturbances

The Client 11 year old female Mild Mental Retardation Medications –Methylphenidate –Clonidine Referral Concern: –Requires parental presence to initiate and reinitiate sleep –Experiences night time awakenings

Assessment of Sleep Problems 4 Major Areas Bedroom Environment Sleep Schedule Daytime Behavior Independent Sleep Onset Skills

Client assessment Measures for pre-treatment packet –Background Information Form –Sleep Disturbances Scale for Children (Bruni et al., 1996) –Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (Psychological Assessment Resources, 1995) –Pre-Treatment Sleep Diary –Sutter-Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory –Child Behavior Checklist

Results of Pre-Treatment Data

3 Phases of Data Collection Baseline (TST=7.77 hours/night) Behavior Intervention (TST= 9.06 hours/night) Elimination of Clonidine (TST= 7.57 hours/night)

Results Baseline Behavior Intervention Discontinue Clonidine TST TIB Sleep Efficiency 88%94% Wakings1.200 Latency

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