Behavior Therapy Eases Kids' Sleep Woes
Reuters reported on October 5, 2006 on a review conducted by the American Academy Of Sleep Medicine which found that behavior therapies work very well in improving the sleep patterns of young children. The findings are published in the October issue of Sleep.
"The results indicate that behavioral therapies produce reliable and durable changes in bedtime problems and night wakings in infants and children," study author Jodi A. Mindell, of St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, said in a prepared statement.
"Across all studies, 94 percent report that behavioral interventions produced clinically significant improvements in bedtime problems and/or night wakings," she said. "Approximately 82 percent of children benefit from treatment, and the majority maintain these results for three to six months."
Previous research has shown that 20 percent to 30 percent of young children have significant bedtime problems and/or night awakenings, Mindell said.
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