Adapting Common Sleep Tips for Special Needs Children

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s episode of The Gentle Parenting Show, Kim sat down with long time gentle sleep coach, Katie Holloran. Katie co-authored a book with Kim, the</span> <a href="https://sleeplady.com/books/"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Good Night Sleep Tight Workbook for Children with Special Needs</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Katie is also a board certified behavior analyst. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Katie and Kim discuss</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">some of their best practices for getting children with special needs to sleep including tips for bedtime routines and some of the best products that can be helpful in the sleep training process. They cover quite a few topics and answer these questions:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What is a behavioural sleep problem?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Will special needs children always struggle with sleep?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How should I handle bedtime?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How do I get my special needs child to fall asleep?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What are products to help?</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our favorite quotes from today’s episode are</span> <strong>“any small movement counts as movement towards teaching your kid to sleep. It doesn’t have to be some large, grandeious act.”</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <strong>“sleep is a skill that can be taught and learned, and just because you have a certain diagnosis in your family, that doesn’t mean that you’ll never sleep again.”</strong></p> <p><strong>Recommended Products:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can shop all recommend