• Date: Tuesday 18 November 2025

  • Time: 7.30pm to 9.30pm

  • Location: Zoom

  • Cost: £5

A good night’s sleep is imperative for the whole families wellbeing. Babies and broken sleep go hand in hand, and as the months roll by and your child grows older, physiology dictates that the frequent wake ups should become less.

Sleep runs in cycles and these cycles grow longer in length the older we get, meaning that we not only need less sleep as we age, but night time awakenings should reduce. Hunger, thirst and discomfort are the main reasons children wake during the night and as your child becomes less dependent on requiring this input for longer periods of time, we should see a positive impact on the amount of unbroken sleep, both baby and parent has.

Despite physiology dictating these night-time wakenings, as parents we can help to create the best and most positive sleeping environments and routines for our babies. These strong foundations we can create, should help your child to learn what should be a very important skill; how to sleep restfully and well.

Vision impairment and disability can have a massive impact on sleep, so the importance of developing good sleep hygiene, consistent routines and good bedroom environments are imperative to assist your child to overcoming any barrier to sleep their disability can cause.

This session is for parents of children aged 0-4 who are interested in finding out more about the importance of helping their children to develop healthy sleep habits. We will also cover the implications that visual impairment can have on sleep, whilst looking at how all of our senses can play a part in what happens at night time. We will also cover some strategies that are particularly helpful for young people with sight loss to help them to gain some control over:

1. How to fall asleep
2. How to stay asleep

This session will be an hour long presentation about the ‘back to basics’ of sleep, the impact visual impairment can have on sleep and tested strategies to amend any existing sleep issues that may be occurring. There will be 30 min at the end of the workshop for questions.

 

Please complete the form below to apply.

Parent/Guardian 1

Parent/Guardian 2

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Details of your VI child

Please fill out the details for your child who has a visual impairment, although children are not attending this is required for our information and planning.

Supporting documentation

If your child is registered for their visual impairment, please include a copy of one of the following registration documents: - Certificate of Visual Impairment (CVI) - Blind Registration Card issued by local authority - Letter from the local council confirming the person to be registered If the applicant is not registered, please provide: - a letter from an ophthalmologist confirming visual acuity. Please note, applications cannot be processed without these documents.

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