Health visitors play an important role in supporting families to understand and manage sleep difficulties, particularly when children have additional needs. Through their holistic approach and regular contact with families, health visitors provide reassurance, tailored advice and signposting to further support, helping to promote healthier sleep patterns and overall family wellbeing.
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iHV Resources
📃 Good Practice Points and Parent Tips
Developed in collaboration with topic experts, health visitors, and other professionals, our resources draw on the latest available evidence at the time of publication. Each resource is produced through a robust quality assurance process and peer reviewed to ensure accuracy, relevance, and strong alignment with health visiting practice.
External Resources
Anna Freud – Common Difficulties in the Early Years - Sleep: A range of resources and information on sleep produced by the pioneering mental health charity for children and young people, including: What’s normal? When does a baby or toddler have a sleep problem? How can you support parents with their child’s sleep at home – and tips to share with parents and carers.
