Southampton Sleep Training

02/06/2026

Please see the short video in the comments

13/05/2026

A huge milestone today for our Sleep Buddy study as recruitment reaches the halfway point, with 169 families now taking part 🎉

The study is evaluating a digital tool to help children with who are experiencing .

📽️ You can find out more about the Sleep Buddy study in this video - https://youtu.be/x4PbgQ6fUC8

And if you have a child aged 6-12 years who has a diagnosis of ADHD and is experiencing sleep problems, you can register your interest in taking part in the study here - https://www.trial-deck.com/trial/sleepbuddy?reg_code=E747oJOhvr



University of Southampton, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Health Research Southampton, National Institute for Health and Care Research

12/05/2026

30/04/2026

The sleep team travelled to sunny Florence for the International Paediatric Sleep Association conference this month. A great conference and a chance to present some posters as well as a presentation by Cathy about the DISCA project and the sleep friendly hospitals discussions.
We were even lucky enough to sample the local gelato 😊

29/01/2026

You can find all of our live, modular training courses for 2026, which are presented by working clinicians, on our website now. There are still places available on either of the two core module 1 courses. You can find out more and book on by clicking the link below
https://www.piernetwork.org/sst.html

18/12/2025

Cathy, Ness and Karen, were honoured to be invited by Professor Albert Li, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, to deliver a two day, in person workshop in Hong Kong recently.

It proved to be an exciting opportunity, not only share our teaching, but to learn first hand, about their family life, culture and the impact this has on children's sleep.

The Hong Kong team were fantastic hosts and looked after us extremely well. We look forward to further collaborative working in the future

09/10/2025

The Sleep Buddy trial is open for recruitment at the University of Southampton! Parents or carers of children aged 6-12 with diagnosed ADHD and sleep problems may be eligible to take part.

The trial is to test the effectiveness of ‘Sleep Buddy’ – a website designed to help parents and carers improve their child’s sleep. Parents/carers who sign up will be asked to complete some questionnaires and take part in a call with a researcher to confirm ADHD diagnosis. They will then either be allocated to access Sleep Buddy straight away, or access it in 6 months time. All participants will be followed up with further questionnaires at 3 and 6 months.

Please share this link to further information with any families you work with that may benefit from using Sleep Buddy: www.discasleep.org.uk/get-involved

Alternatively, get in touch with [email protected] if you would like us to provide you with recruitment materials such as flyers or posters.

24/07/2025

We are pleased to share that due to a number of requests, we will be running an additional module 1b Sleep Basics For Everyday Practice in October this year. The link below will take you to the website to book on
https://www.piernetwork.org/sst.html
For any further information, please email [email protected]

02/07/2025

We still have spaces on our module 4 and module 5 sleep training courses this year. You can book via the website below https://www.piernetwork.org/sst.html
If you would like any more information, please email [email protected]

27/03/2025

Bethan Cornick and Dr Georgie Agar from the University of Birmingham are conducting some valuable new research and they would very much appreciate hearing your perspectives via their survey below.

The SAFEBED study is a project investigating the safety, acceptability, feasibility and efficacy of bed enclosure designs in children with intellectual disability and their caregivers.

As part of the SAFEBED study, we are conducting a survey with health and social care professionals who have experience working with individuals with intellectual disability. The aim of the survey is to understand the perspectives of different professionals on the use of enclosed beds. We would like to understand the reasons why professionals might or might not recommend these beds, and any barriers experienced in doing so. There is no requirement to have recommended an enclosed bed before participating and we are interested in a range of perspectives from professionals in this area. The survey is expected to take approximately 10 minutes. Currently we are looking for more sleep professionals, including paediatricians, physiologists and clinical psychologists to answer the survey.

If you would like to participate, the link to the survey can be found here:
https://astonpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_57LPIimemY4Wyea
Alternatively, if you have any questions about the survey, or the wider SAFEBED study, please contact Bethan Cornick on [email protected]

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