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Welcome to the Children’s Best Bedroom Environment for Sleep (CBBES) manual.  If you are concerned about your child’s sleep- you are not alone.  Every day we hear more and more about how much sleep matters for children.  But it can be quite a challenge to find out how sleep works and what you can do to help your child get a quality sleep.  That’s what the CBBES manual is all about- helping you understand sleep so you can make good decisions based on the best research available.

 

The CBBES manual was developed by researchers in the Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta. We designed it for busy parents like you, who are concerned about their child’s ability to get the best quality of sleep possible. 

 

The amount of information available can be overwhelming, and it is difficult to know what is reliable and based on facts, not fads.  We understand that this makes it difficult for you and other parents to find the information that will help guide you in making your decisions.  Our role as researchers is to make information, based on the best scientific evidence possible, available so you can make informed choices about your child’s sleep

 

This manual has two goals:

  • To help you understand the science of children’s sleep, and

  • To provide you with research-tested ways to change your child’s bedroom environment so he or she gets the best sleep possible.

 

How to use the CBBES manual

It is best to start at the beginning and read through the whole CBBES manual.  That way you will understand the sleep science supporting the recommendations in this manual.  Once you understand the sleep science you will be able to select recommendations that best fit your child and family.  Not all of the recommendations will work for every child so don’t feel discouraged if you need to be creative- after all, being creative is what parents do best!

 

This workbook has used the best scientific evidence available and key references

 

We recommend you either download and print the manual or save this URL for future reference. 

 

Prepared by:

Cary Brown, PhD Professor, Amelia K. Rajala, MScOT, and Risha Dutt, BOT, MSc Rehab Medicine, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta.  February 2016

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