What if We Got Sleep Wrong? Critical Windows of Brain Resilience

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Sleep is more than rest for a developing child. It is an active period of brain development when the immune system helps shape neural circuits, support myelination, strengthen connections, and prepare the brain for a lifetime of learning and function.

Join us for an engaging exploration of pediatric and adolescent sleep and discover how sleep, immunity, gut health, nutrition, movement, and circadian rhythms work together to influence neurodevelopment.

You’ll learn how to:

• Understand sleep as an active neurodevelopmental process and recognize why sleep quality matters during childhood and adolescence

• Explore how microglia, astrocytes, and immune signaling shape synaptic pruning and brain development

• Identify critical developmental windows from infancy through adolescence and recognize stage-specific risks, including iron deficiency, sleep-disordered breathing, and circadian disruption

• Understand how the gut-brain-immune connection can influence developing brain function

• Explore how adolescent hormones, dopamine, reward systems, and sleep interact during a critical period of brain reorganization

• Apply a practical six-domain clinical work-up addressing sleep architecture, circadian rhythm, gut health, immune tone, micronutrient status, and movement

Turn the science of sleep and neurodevelopment into practical, meaningful care.

Whether you work directly with children and adolescents or support the families who care for them, this course will give you a deeper understanding of the developing brain and practical tools you can bring directly into your practice.

Enroll today and discover how supporting healthy sleep can help protect and shape the developing brain.

This effort is associated with North Dakota’s Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Grant, funded by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), administered through the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services – Behavioral Health Division.