Disorders of Sleep Module 2

Event Notes:

Specialist Module 2 – Core Sleep Disorders

Audience | Paediatricians, Registrars, Occupational Therapists, Specialist Nurses, Health Visitors, Public Health Nurse, Portage Workers and Community Nursery Nurses

Learning Objectives

• To recognise in practice the three different types of behavioural insomnia
• To identify different evidence–based approaches to manage behavioural insomnia
• To understand the chemical control of sleep in the brain
• To understand the evidence base for the effectiveness of conventional and traditional hypnotics in the management
of childhood insomnia and when to recommend them
• To understand the mechanisms of action of melatonin and its usage as a hypnotic and chronobiotic respectively in
the management of childhood insomnia and delayed sleep phase syndrome.
• To understand conditions highly associated with sleep disordered breathing
• To recognise features on history and examination associated with sleep disordered breathing
• To understand clinical effects of untreated sleep disordered breathing
• To understand the principles of management of sleep disordered breathing and to know when to refer for specialist
investigation
• To be aware of available questionnaire screening tools used to diagnose and monitor children’s sleep disorders and
their psychometric properties
• To understand the function of sleep diaries and examine different models of diaries
• To review the findings of actigraphic monitoring through case study examples in order to understand the utility of
these devices in practice
• To understand the place of polysomnography and videosomnography in the diagnosis of sleep disorders