course description
Sleep issues continue their significant impact on contemporary society. Though we can often see the consequences of sleep related disorders, the treatment of the disorder is more difficult to define. The impact of infant and childhood sleep disorders is seen in death, physical disorders, psychological impact, and other significant disruptions to the lives and development of children.
For twenty-five years, some of the leading authorities in the field have been meeting at the Annenberg Center to share theories, information and knowledge. These meetings have attracted world leaders in the field of sleep disorders. They have presented studies and held informal and formal discussions focused on expanding our knowledge of these destructive problems. We look forward to continuing this ground breaking approach to the understanding of sleep disorders in infants and children.

program goals & objectives
Upon completion of this activity participants should be better able to:
Link mechanisms of recovery and failed systems in SIDS
Describe current understandings of insomnia and sleep in children and adolescents
Utilize tools for the evaluation and management of childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Discuss the role of pediatric sleep disorders in illuminating health in the population
Assess the current literature in sleep disorders

planning committee
Carol L. Rosen, MD, Chair
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Case University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Pediatrics Sleep Services
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Cleveland, OH
Madeleine M. Grigg-Damberger, MD, Co-Chair
Professor of Neurology
Director of Pediatric Sleep Medicine Services
University Hospital Sleep Disorders Center
Medical Director, Clinical Neuroscience Clinics and Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, NM
Shelly Bohn, BPAS, RPSGT
Supervisor, Pediatric Sleep Service
Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Estelle B. Gauda, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Ronald M. Harper, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Valerie G. Kirk, MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Medical Director, Pediatric Sleep Service
Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Carole Kline, MS, CPNP
Nurse Practitioner
Administrator, Sleep Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Denver
Denver, CO
Amy R. Wolfson, PhD
Professor of Psychology
College of the Holy Cross
Worchester, MA
Henning Wulbrand, MD
Director, Neuropediatrics, Pediatric Psychology and Sleep Medicine
The Eppendorf Center for Child Neurology
Hamburg, Germany
Marg Hagerty
Conference Manager
Belinda Ratterree
Conference Coordinator
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower
Rancho Mirage, CA