Activities & Resources to Prioritize Sleep

Sleep Practices and Tips

Want a quick and fun activity to add to a meeting? This Sleep Walking Relay will help your youth and adults to better understand the impact of a poor nights sleep on their safety, physical health, ability to learn, and mood.

There are a few Toolkits that include information about and practices to help a youth get enough sleep:

Parent Toolkit produced by NBC News Education Nation and supported by Pearson.
Sleep Toolkit by Parent Voice

Ted Talks

The brain benefits of deep sleep — and how to get more of it (2017) by Dan Gartenberg, Sleep Scientist at Penn State University

The benefits of a good night's sleep (2017) by Shai Marcu, Educator

One more reason to get a good night's sleep (2014) by Jeff Iliff, Neuroscientist at Oregon Health & Science University

Why school should start later for teens (2017) by Wendy Troxel, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh

Presentations

Struggling with tired children at your events? So were we. In response, we conducted a session at the 2014 UC Camping Conference on the structures at camp that will help to ensure Happy Campers!