Gratis webinar over autisme en slaapproblemen. Georganiseerd door Mama Vita in samenwerking met het Amerikaanse Autism Research Institute (San Diego).

Dit webinar is speciaal bedoeld voor professionals of ouders die al wat meer weten over dit onderwerp. Het webinar wordt gehouden in de Engelse taal. Na de presentatie is er de mogelijkheid om persoonlijke vragen te stellen met de Amerikaanse spreker.

Beth Malow, M.D., discusses the prevalence, causes, and impact of sleep issues in autistic individuals. She explains the connection between core autism presentations, brain function, and sleep and emphasizes the importance of behavioral support strategies. The presenter considers the impact of poor sleep on daily social and emotional functioning for autistic individuals and their families. She touches on evidence-based medical, behavioral, and biological interventions and summarizes the presentation before the Q&A.

• Causes of sleep issues in autism
• Arousal dysregulation
• Melatonin
• Impact of sleep on social-emotional function
• Sleep-deprive brain function
• Insomnia interventions
• Components of successful sleep and resources
• Pharmacological interventions

Dr. Beth Malow is Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Burry Chair in Cognitive Childhood Development, and director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Division and Vanderbilt Sleep Core. After completing a combined undergraduate and medical school program at Northwestern University, she served as a neurology resident in the Harvard-Longwood Program and as a fellow in clinical neurophysiology at the National Institutes of Health. She was on faculty at the University of Michigan before coming to Vanderbilt in 2003.

Dr. Malow’s clinical, educational, and research programs focus on the impact of treating sleep disorders on neurological disease, with a focus on autism and related disorders of neurodevelopment. She serves as the principal investigator for Vanderbilt’s Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network (AS ATN) site, one of 13 regional centers across North America funded to develop standards of medical care for children with autism and has carried out federally-funded trials of melatonin and behavioral sleep education.