October 22, 2024
2:00 PM EST
Zoom (sign up at Profound Village)
Webinar
This Continuing Education event aims to unveil the influence poor sleep has on daytime functioning. It highlights the potential for compassionate sleep programming to reduce problem daytime behaviors, improve skill acquisition, and increase willingness to learn.
Participants will gain insights into the potential for prerequisite sleep-skill programming during instructional time. They will learn how common daytime skills, when improved and learned to mastery, can significantly enhance outcomes for families at bedtime. Additionally, this event will provide evidence-based information about sleep which attendees will be able to use immediately to improve daytime functioning, skill acquisition, and reduce problem behaviors by improving sleep in the home.
CE Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of sleep in daytime functioning.
- Identify prerequisite skills and systems that can be easily practiced during the day and maintained by families at night.
- Apply considerations for accommodating learners with severe behavior profiles and medical comorbidities.
Emily Varon is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with a dedicated focus on sleep-related behaviors. She has worked in the field of behavior analysis since 2000 and has devoted her practice to improving the sleep habits of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder since 2010. Emily takes the complicated issue of pervasive sleep problems and helps behavior analysts develop appropriate and ethical behavior plans for improving sleep quality for consumers and their caregivers. Her focus on the sustainability of sleep habits versus “good” or “bad” habits offers families and clinicians a broader, long-view perspective of sleep, resulting in more sustainable results over time.