Sleep Resources for Schools

Websites

American Academy of Sleep Medicine: YOURSLEEP. Information on topics such as teens and sleep loss, school start times, sleep tips for students, and drowsy driving and teens.
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Database. Information about journal articles, research reports, teaching guides, curricula, conference papers, and books covering all aspects of education-related issues. Enter sleep in the search box. Click on Search. Use the filters in the left navigation bar to further limit your search. ERIC is sponsored by the Department of Education (ED).
Gateway to 21st Century Skills. Information about and links to educational resources from federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial websites. To identify materials about sleep, enter sleep in the Search for field and click on Find Resources. The Gateway is sponsored by the National Education Association.
KidsHealth in the Classroom. Health curriculum materials about sleep for students in preschool through high school. The guides include discussion questions, activities, and handouts. Enter sleep in the search box to get the guides and supporting materials. KidsHealth is a service of the Nemours Foundation.
National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Information about sleep and sleep problems in infants, children, and adolescents. Topics include school start time and sleep. Presents findings from the Sleep in America polls, which address topics such as technology use and sleep, adolescents and sleep, and children and sleep. Also see NSF's Sleep for Kids, which includes facts about sleep, games and puzzles, and a classroom guide for teachers.
Teacher Enrichment Initiatives (TEI): ZZZZzzzWorld: Exploring Sleep. Educational materials for teaching students in middle school and high school about sleep and its importance to overall health. Includes lesson plans, activity ideas, background information for teachers, slides, and pre- and post-lesson tests. TEI involves partnerships between faculty and staff of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and K–12 teachers in the San Antonio, TX, area.
BCBS (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study). 2003. Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and Biological Rhythms. Colorado Springs, CO: BCBS (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study). [National Institutes of Health (NIH) Curriculum Supplement Series, Grades 9–12].
Dawson P. 2004. Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Information for Parents and Educators. Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). [Brief].
Narcolepsy Network. 2009. Narcolepsy in the Classroom. North Kingstown, RI: Narcolepsy Network. [Brochure].

Related MCH Digital Library Resources

Sleep in Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women professional resource guide (Includes sections about anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorders, bruxism, parasomnias, rhythmic movement disorder, caffeine, insomnia, narcolepsy, polysomnography, pregnancy, restless legs syndrome, sleep apnea, sleep deprivation, and sleep practices), family resource brief
Autism Spectrum Disorder professional resource guide, family resource brief, school resource brief
Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Challenges in Children and Adolescents professional resource guide, family resource brief, school resource brief
Health Insurance and Access to Care for Children and Adolescents professional resource guide, family resource brief
Medications resource brief
Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents professional resource guide, family resource brief, school resource brief
Reaching Out to Children and Youth Following Disasters resource brief
School-Based and School-Linked Health Care school resource brief
Screening resource brief
Social and Emotional Development in Children and Adolescents professional resource guide, family resource brief, school resource brief

Sleep: School Resource Brief. (October 2011). (Updated: July 2014).

Authors: Susan Chauncey Horky, L.C.S.W., M.S.W., University of Florida; Susan Brune Lorenzo, M.L.S., MCH Digital Library; Mary H. Wagner, M.D., University of Florida.
Contributors: Kristen Hedger Archbold, R.N., Ph.D., University of Arizona; Candace Dreier, R.R.T., University of Wisconsin; Carla Salldin, Parent Consultant, University of Washington; Sarah Walker, M.S., M.P.H., R.D., University of New Mexico.
Reviewers: Jeanne Anastasi, M.A., National Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Resource Center; Olivia Pickett, M.A., M.L.S., MCH Digital Library.
Editor: Ruth Barzel, M.A., MCH Digital Library.