{"id":2020,"date":"2013-09-25T07:17:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T14:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2014-01-13T21:50:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T04:50:15","slug":"sleep-education-for-better-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=2020","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Education for Better Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some children with autism have difficulty falling asleep. Their night sleep is inadequate or fagmented. As a result, their performance during the daytime is poor. If the child doesn&#8217;t get enough sleep, she wouldn&#8217;t be able to focus and learn.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2013\/09\/130923101536.htm\" target=\"_blank\">research<\/a> in the <em>Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders<\/em> was able to help parents of children with ASD solve the problem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some quick tip<\/strong>s<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase exercise.<\/li>\n<li>Take a walk with your child after dinner.<\/li>\n<li>Reduce caffeine intake.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid video games and the use of computers and screens in general before bedtime.<\/li>\n<li>Remove any stimuli or causes that would trigger your child&#8217;s sensory issues, like noise, light, odors, seams in clothes, rough textures, stuffy unaired bedroom&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Learn some strategies to help your child go back to sleep during the night. You may download strategies for free here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autismspeaks.org\/about-us\/press-releases\/sleep-strategies-dental-treatment\" target=\"_blank\">Strategies to Improve Sleep in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Without a good night sleep don&#8217;t expect your child to be at her best throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>nadia shanab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some children with autism have difficulty falling asleep. Their night sleep is inadequate or fagmented. As a result, their performance during the daytime is poor. If the child doesn&#8217;t get enough sleep, she wouldn&#8217;t be able to focus and learn. A research in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders was able to help parents &#8230; <a title=\"Sleep Education for Better Performance\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=2020\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sleep Education for Better Performance\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[381,77,383,92,183,184,382],"class_list":["post-2020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-autism","tag-health","tag-parenting","tag-research","tag-sleep-disorders","tag-strategies","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2290,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions\/2290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}