Teenagers brains are constantly changing. This doesn’t help their sleep patterns. How do we support them to make better choices when it comes to social media and computer use? Often devices are requirements of the school curriculum and homework is left until late at night, waking their already busy brains. This is combined with increased stress from friendships and relationships. 

Striking a balance can be tricky. Dr Paul Jeffrey is a paediatric clinical psychologist and understands sleep and teenagers well, he runs a sleep psychology clinic out of his private practice in Subiaco. 

Be sure to check out some great resources we discussed today: 

Conversations Podcast (David Gillespie) - How the iPhone re-wrote the teenage

Parental as Anything podcast series (Maggie Dent) - Screen time–how much is too much 

Sleep Shack–an online self-help program 

Sleep Health Foundation tip sheets and resources–http://www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au


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The Kids Health Network features top paediatric specialists and professionals. This series will look at common health problems that are regularly seen in our children, presented in a clear to understand way.

Featuring General Practitioner, Dr Andrew Leech, this is the kids health podcast you’ve been searching for! Providing informative discussions, up to date evidence based information and practical tips each week.

Dr Andrew is a fellow of the RACGP in Australia and has completed added paediatric training through the child health diploma. He is also a father of two children. Join us for further discussions and other useful information on our facebook page or email us at kidshealthnetwork@outlook.com with ideas for future topics.

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Parenting children with Autism or ADHD is a very special job and requires a unique set of skills. Tash is not only living this, but has created her own products to help other parents in the same situation.

44: Parenting Children with Neurodiversity

The Psychprofiler has been the most widely used Australian psychiatric, and educational global screening instrument since 2004. We meet the creator and ask about children and adults who should be using the tool. 
The PsychProfiler can be self-administered; or administered by parents, education, or health professionals.

43: The Psych Profiler with Dr Shane Langsford


Episode 42: Starting School





Starting at a new school can be daunting for both parent and child. 





In this podcast we meet Annie Gerhardy. Annie has a passion for fostering young minds and supporting their development through her role in the early learning years. 



We discuss the links between education and health, as well as mental health.  We talk about how to help kids become interested in school when they might be dis-engaging or suffering separation anxiety.  We will also look at the challenges faced by kids and their families when starting school for the first time. 

 

 






42: Starting School


Happy Sleeping Families 





Experienced Paediatric nurse and sleep consultant, Tara Mitchell, talks to us on this episode about the gentle sleep approach. Tara is a trained sleep consultant and has become increasingly popular across her social media platforms. She offers range of packages online and face to face. We talk about important sleep strategies for babies and toddlers, and some tips that might help your journey.  





For more information check out https://gentlesleep.com.au/





You can find Tara on Instagram and Facebook at:






https://www.instagram.com/thegentlesleepspecialist/ https://www.facebook.com/gentlesleepspecialist/






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Clark Wight is an internationally renowned teacher and expert in the area of engaging teenagers, in particular teenage boys and supporting their needs when facing adversity. Todays podcast will cover this area along with communication with children and teens. We also discuss some of the tricky areas of dealing with phones, gaming and pornography as well as alcohol and drug use. 





Clarks approach is very common sense and practical and will help both parents and educators of children. We also discussed the idea of building resilience in children through being vulnerable ourselves and telling our real life stories. 





To find out more about Clark visit:

https://www.maggiedent.com/raising-gorgeous-boys/about-clark/





For family cyber safety visit:

https://www.familyzone.com/anz/families






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