Sleep Scotland is a charity which supports the parents and carers of children and young people with additional support needs and sleep problems.

Our Vision-

The Vision of Sleep Scotland is that all families of children and young people with additional support needs and severe sleep problems in Scotland can be helped to achieve a qualitative improvement in the whole family’s life, and that this service should be provided in partnership with the statutory sector.

Programmes and Activities-

We aim:
- to help children and young people with additional support needs to sleep better and consequently to improve their daytime performance
- to help parents and carers throughout Scotland by giving them specific tried and tested behavioural and cognitive techniques to adapt their child’s night-time behaviour
- to provide training for professionals from health, social work, education and the voluntary sector, throughout Scotland
to establish sleep clinics to provide families with support and counselling
- to run a support line between the hours of 9.30 and 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday, on 0131 651 1392
- to raise awareness of the problems caused by sleep difficulties in children and young people with additional support needs
- to promote the availability of a sleep counselling service as part of the role of the statutory sector