Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association School Year

What is Sleep? Collins Dictionary Definition: State of rest, eyes closed, muscles and nerves relaxed and mind unconscious. Scientific Categorization: Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) or "quiet" sleep. During deep states blood supply to muscles increased, energy restored, tissue growth and repair, important hormones released for growth and development. Rapid Eye Movement(REM) or "active" sleep. Brain active, dreaming occurs. Body immobile, breathing and heart rates irregular.

Sleep Requirement Preschoolers typically sleep hours each night and most do not nap after five years of age. Children aged 5 to 12 need hours of sleep. Teenagers age 13 to 19 need 8-10 hours of sleep.

How Much Sleep Needed?

How to Get Your Child to Sleep Preschoolers Maintain a regular and consistent sleep schedule. Have relaxed bedtime routine ending in room where child sleeps. Child should sleep in the same sleeping environment every night, in a room that is cool, quiet and dark – and without a TV.

How to Get Your Child to Sleep Children Aged 5 to 12 Educate about healthy sleep habits. Consistently emphasize need for regular and consistent sleep schedule and bedtime routine. Make child's bedroom conducive to sleep – dark, cool and quiet. Keep TV and computers out of the bedroom. Avoid caffeine.

How to get your child to sleep Sleep Tips for Teenagers Maintain a regular and consistent sleep schedule. Make teenager's bedroom conducive to sleep – dark, cool and quiet. Keep TV, computers and cell phones out of the bedroom. Avoid caffeine.

Benefits of Good Sleep Happier Improved Behaviour More Disciplined Less agitated Calmer Receptive to Learning

Results of Inadequate Sleep Preschoolers Inadequate sleep at this age results in: Mood swings, behavioral problems such as hyperactivity Cognitive problems i.e. impaired ability to learn in school. School Age (5 to 12) Inadequate sleep at this age results in: Mood swings, Behavioral problems such as hyperactivity Cognitive problems i.e. impaired ability to learn in school.. At the same time, there is an increasing demand on their time from school (e.g., homework), sports and other extracurricular and social activities

Disadvantages of Not Enough sleep Teenagers Most troubling consequences are: Injuries and deaths related to lapses in attention Delayed response at critical moments, i.e. while driving: Drowsiness or fatigue has been identified as a principle cause in at least 100,000 police-reported traffic crashes each year, killing more than 1,500 Americans and injuring another 71,000, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, 1994).

Disadvantages of Not Enough Sleep – Con’t Teenagers More interested in things that cause difficulty falling asleep or disruptions/nightmares i.e:  TV,  Computers/internet,  Popular media,  caffeine products watching TV close to bedtime has been associated with bedtime resistance, difficulty falling asleep, anxiety around sleep and sleeping fewer hours.

Enough Sleep to Awaken at 7:00 a.m.

What Can You do Tonight? Have discussion with your child about the importance of sleep. work out a healthy practical incremental sleep schedule. Keep a log of sleeping and waking for one week. Communicate with your child’s teacher to determine correlation between sleep and behavior.