A Sleep Intervention for Preschoolers in Foster Care

First, foster parents will fill out the child sleep questionnaire, which will screen for behavioral and medical sleep issues. Foster parents will then complete introductory modules focused on general sleep hygiene and education. Next, they will access tailored sleep strategy modules determined by an automated algorithm based on sleep challenges identified in the sleep screening. Participants will be notified to alert the child?s pediatrician if the screening indicates the presence of a medical sleep disorder, such as sleep disordered breathing. Participants will be asked to follow recommended sleep strategies for 2 weeks, and complete short morning daily diaries on the child?s sleep from the night prior within the Sleep Wizard platform. To reinforce intervention content and enhance adherence and integrity, participants will receive appropriately timed tailored text message reminders of strategies they should be utilizing.