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APPSA Launches Expert Sleep Videos

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made life more difficult for most people in the Asia Pacific, but our sleep experts still want to share the latest science on paediatric sleep. Hence, APPSA has launched a new initiative to bring more of their expert sleep advice to you. Check out our new APPSA Videos page for the latest science on sleep -- from all around the Asia Pacific! Production of these videos was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Johnson & Johnson.

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Baby Sleep Day 2021 (1 March 2021)

1st March is Baby Sleep Day! In celebrating Baby Sleep Day, the Pediatric Sleep Council (PSC) seeks to support families who are struggling to develop healthy sleep habits or just want to learn more about baby sleep. On March 1, 2021, Pediatric Sleep Council members will respond to questions posted on their Facebook page. Learn more about sleep in young children on Baby Sleep Day to help everyone get a good night’s sleep!

PAEDIATRIC SLEEP DISORDERS SYMPOSIUM

Event Date:
1st June 2019

Venue:

Shaw Auditorium, Postgraduate Education Centre

Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR

APPSA, along with the rest of the paediatric sleep community deeply mourns the loss of Professor Avi Sadeh, the pioneer in the field of paediatric sleep actigraphy.

His Obituary has been published in the Journal - Behavioral Sleep Medicine (citation: Behavioral Sleep Medicine. 2017;15:81–84).

The Pediatric Sleep Council have launched their new website

The Pediatric Sleep Council (an independent group of international experts on on sleep in young children) have launched their new website: https://www.babysleep.com to provide parents and caregivers comprehensive and expert-based information on baby and toddler sleep.

Videos from the Inaugural Asia Pacific Paediatric Sleep Conference April 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

Dr. Nichara Ruangdaraganon
Head of the Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Division in the Department of Pediatrics, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand

Prof. Jodi Mindell
Associate Director of the Sleep Center, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Psychology, Saint Joseph’s University
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA

Dr. Arthur Teng
Consultant sleep physician and Head of the Department of Sleep Medicine, Sydney Children’s Hospital
Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics, University of New South Wales, Australia

Dr. Jun Kohyama
CEO of the Tokyo Bay Urayasu/Ichikawa Medical Center, Urayasu, Japan

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Welcome to APPSA

APPSA is a select group of physicians from the Asia Pacific region who are experts in the field of baby and child sleep. We have come together with the purpose of expanding our scientific understanding of sleep, and spreading this knowledge to pediatricians and mothers via publications and educational programmes. Through this effort, we hope to continuously improve the quality of our childrens’ sleep, an activity which comprises more than 1/3 of their young lives.

The objectives of this website are:

To provide baby sleep education to healthcare professionals
To disseminate latest sleep research
To encourage paediatricians to educate parents about benefits of sleep and encourage good sleeping habits.