Hi, my name is callum, i am a father of 2 and we are experiencing servere sleep priblems with our 5

callump96

Hi , my son of 5 doesnt sleep untill the early hours of the morning every night , this is usually between 5-7 am meaning with our 2 year old we get on average 1-2 hours sleep a night ..... we have been asking for help with his behaviour mainly sleep problems since he started nursery school (3 years ago) but have literally got nowhere, any advice wouod be much apreciated as we are seriously at a point where we do not know where to turn.

Debi09

@callump96 ask for a referral to CAMHS for sleep, i had an issue with my child, i rang my local CAMHS  explained my situation & they told me to get an urgent referral sent over, I'd give them a call direct find your local one & they will talk you through the steps for a Dr to get you into there sleep clinic. 

chiarieds

Hi @callump96 - & welcome to the community. There's some advice on Scope's main website which you can see here: https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/help-disabled-child-sleep/

Scope also has a 'Sleep right' service which you may be able to access, or via phone/email.

Alex_Alumni

Hello there @callump96 and thanks for reaching out, I hope you've found the advice from our members helpful  

Can I ask who you have been asking for help?

As chiarieds has mentioned, I'd encourage you to contact Sleep Right if you are eligible. The service is available to families with disabled children aged:

• 4 to 18 in London, Leeds and Peterborough
• 2 to 18 in Northamptonshire

Sleep Right typically lasts for 6 sessions. If you know that you will not be able to take part during that time, such as a planned holiday, please think about applying at a later date.

You would also be welcome to contact Scope's family services for any additional support.

You can also read more about child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) if that's useful.

Let us know how you get on, and if we can do anything else to help support you. 

durhamjaide2001

Scope has some podcasts about that it might help but I can't remember where to find them 

chiarieds

The sleep podcasts you mention @durhamjaide2001 can be seen in the link I gave above, also here: https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/sleep-podcast/