SLEEPABILITY

For Children & Teenagers with Sleep Difficulties
PH 0418 802 224      Email: annie@sleepability.com.au


Annie


Publications and Reports

Moss, Gordon & O’Connell (2014) “Impact of Sleepwise: An Intervention for Youth with Developmental Disabilities and Sleep Disturbance” Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders ,  DOI 10.1007/s10803-014-2040-y

Austin, Gordon & O'Connell  (2012). "Preliminary evaluation of Sleepwise program for children with sleep disturbance and developmental delay  " Child & Family Behavior Therapy .

Department for Communities and Social Inclusions, Disability Service, (2012) Special Project Final Report Intervention for sleep disturbance in older children and adolescents (8-18 years) with developmental disabilities 2012.

O'Connell (2009). "Addressing sleep disturbance in young children with developmental delay." Interconnection Quarterly Journal 2(2).

O'Connell & Vannan (2008). "Sleepwise addressing sleep disturbance in young children with developmental delay." Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy 55: 212-214.

Department for Families and Communities, Disability SA, (2006) Special Project Final Report Intervention for sleep disturbance in young children with developmental delay. 

IDSC. (2005). Sleepwise: A Resource Manual. Positive Sleep Practices for Young Children with Developmental Delay. Adelaide: Intellectual Disability Services Council Inc.

 


Honours and Awards

2008 Department for Families and Communities Australia Day Award for Innovation

2009 Churchill Fellowship to travel overseas to research interventions for sleep disturbance with children with disabilities

2010 OT Australia SA (Australian Association of Occupational Therapists SA Inc) Achievement Award – Innovative Service Delivery (Individual)

 


Conferences

Conference

Date

Place

Paper Title

9th State Occupational Therapy Conference—Creative Practices

October 2004

Adelaide

Sleepwise: the importance of identification and intervention of sleep disturbance in children

ASSID
Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability Conference—Visions and Realities

November 2004

Adelaide

Sleepwise: A resource for the identification and intervention of sleep disturbance in young children with developmental delay

Autism SA—Through the eyes of autism

May 2005

Adelaide

Addressing sleep disturbance in young children with autism spectrum disorder

Early Childhood Intervention Australia (SA Chapter)

August 2005

Adelaide

Addressing sleep disturbance in young children with developmental delay

Angelman Conference

October 2005

Adelaide

Addressing sleep disturbance in children with Angelman syndrome

Early Childhood Intervention Australia

March 2006

Adelaide

Addressing sleep disturbance in young children with developmental delay (update)

Parenting Imperatives II

May 2006

Adelaide

Poster presentation

Beyond tomorrow
IDSC staff conference

May 2006

Adelaide

Addressing sleep disturbance in young children with developmental delay

OT World Conference

July 2006

Sydney

Poster presentation

OT Australia SA
Education Extras

September 2006

Adelaide

Sleep and what to do when it’s disturbed

QEC Early Childhood: Evidence into Practice

November 2006

Melbourne

1.  Promoting positive sleep practices in young children
2.  Addressing sleep disturbance in young children with developmental delay

DFC Disability SA
The Future is Now conference

November 2007

Adelaide

Let’s not just sleep on it

 

World Federation of Sleep Research and Sleep Medical Societies Congress

September 2007

Cairns Australia

Poster Presentation - Addressing Sleep Disturbance In Young Children With Developmental Delay

DFC Disability SA
Child and Youth Forum

2009

Adelaide

Churchill Fellowship To explore the management of sleep problems for children and adolescents with additional needs and health professional training

DCSI Disability Services
Forward Together Conference

2010

Adelaide

Snooze it or lose it

OT Country Forum

October 2010

Encounter Bay, SA

A Churchill Fellow’s Experience – Exploring the Management of sleep problems for children and adolescents with additional needs and health professional training overseas

Research in Special Education conference

November 2010

Adelaide

Snooze it or lose it

International Pediatric Sleep Association & Pediatric Sleep Medicine Conference

December
2010

Rome

A community based sleep education model for families of children (2-18 years) with developmental disabilities

Australasian Society For Intellectual Disability conference

2011

Adelaide

Sleepwise – addressing sleep disturbance in children & adolescents with developmental disabilities

Sleep Retreat

April 2011

Adelaide

BC Chronic Care and Sleep Online Model

Special Education Expo

July 2011

Adelaide

Addressing sleep disturbance in children & adolescents with special needs

ASID conference

November 2011

 Adelaide

Sleepwise – addressing sleep disturbance in children & adolescents with developmental disabilities

OT Educational Xtras

July 2012

WCAdelaide

Sleep -Snooze it or lose it

National Early Childhood Conference

2012

Perth

Poster  Sleepwise-  Helping children with developmental disability and their families sleep better.

Disability Services ‘Stronger Together’ Conference

August 2012

Adelaide

Sleepwise addressing sleep disturbance in children and adolescents with developmental disabilities

OT ‘A Bridge to Well being’ Conference

October 2012

Murray Bridge

Sleepwise – latest research in addressing sleep disturbance in children & adolescents with developmental disabilities

Sleep Down Under Conference

October 2012

Darwin

The impact of a Parent-Assisted Sleep Intervention for Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities and Sleep Disturbances

OT 25th National Conference

July 2013

Adelaide

1. A parent's experience of the Sleepwise approach 
2. Sleepwise – an evaluation of a multi-component sleep education and home based intervention for older children and adolescents with developmental disabilities and sleep disturbance. (poster)
3. The development and evaluation of a sleep intervention for children & adolescents with developmental disabilities

Adelaide Sleep Retreat

August 2013

Adelaide

Parents’ experience of the Sleepwise approach 
‘Digital stories of a sleep intervention for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum

OT Educational Extras

February 2014

Adelaide

Parents’ experience of the Sleepwise approach 
‘Digital stories of a sleep intervention for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum

OT SA State Conference

October 2014

Adelaide

Parents sharing their experience of improving their child’s sleep

IV International Paediatric Sleep Association Congress

December 2014

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Sleepwise Intervention: Examples of Case studies and Parents’ experience through digital story telling
Effectiveness of the Sleepwise Approach: A multi-component parent-assisted intervention to address sleep disturbance in older children and adolescents with developmental disabilities.