In This Issue...

Member survey
All Sleep Week sessions now available! 
Congratulations Peter Cistulli!
Sleep disturbances in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
World Sleep Society updates
Funding for women's leadership development

Member survey

It’s been a year like no other, so it’s more important than ever that we hear what members have to say. With record high levels of uncertainty for the future, we need your input to help make good decisions for the ASA for 2021 and beyond.
 
This year’s ASA member survey focuses specifically on asking how COVID-19 has affected you, how well the ASA has gone this year, and what should happen next. It will take you no more than 5 minutes to complete. 

Thank you in advance for taking the time to tell us your thoughts. If you have any questions about the survey or anything else, please feel free to contact Marcia Balzer.
 

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All Sleep Week sessions now available!

The recordings of all presentations from Sleep Week are now available in our education centre. If you registered for Sleep Week, you have free access for all sessions you registered to attend. You will need to use the links that were emailed to you to access those sessions. If you need help accessing the recordings please contact Mischka.
 
The recordings are also available for anyone else to view for a fee. If you would like to share the Sleep Week sessions with a colleague – or purchase access to a session you didn’t register for – they can be accessed via the Sleep Week library.   

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Peter Cistulli has been elected to Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS), in recognition of his outstanding research leadership and distinguished professional contributions to respiratory and sleep medicine. The AAHMS is the authoritative cross-sector voice of health and medical science in Australia.

The honour represents recognition of sleep medicine and research as being important on the national health landscape.

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Sleep disturbances in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

The latest Research Review focusses on sleep disturbances in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Smith-Magenis syndrome. This review covers diagnosis and current guidelines, treatments, and key clinical studies.

In case you missed it: You may also be interested in the recent webinar Function-based behavioural interventions for sleep problems in children with developmental disabilities. This webinar examines clinical work and research findings in the assessment and treatment of sleep problems in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and children with rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders.

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World Sleep Society updates

Sleep & Mental Health at the Virtual Meeting

Hear the latest in sleep medicine and research during a multi-day online event hosted by World Sleep Society. This virtual meeting will be available at no cost to members. Sessions begin December 3-5, 2020, and will continue through December 2021. 
Register for World Sleep Virtual Meeting

World Sleep Day - Save the date

The 14th annual World Sleep Day will be Friday, March 19, 2021. The slogan for 2021 will be 'Regular Sleep, Healthy Future,' highlighting sleep's important place as a pillar of health. 
 
Help raise awareness of World Sleep Day by carrying out an awareness activity in your city and country as an official World Sleep Day Delegate.
Become a Delegate 

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Funding for women's leadership development

Residual funding is available to support the development of female leaders across Australia’s health care sector. 

The initiative is providing women with grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 to enable participation in one of three programs that cover such things as elements of a successful team, communication, presence and influence, driving performance, problem solving and decision making, and progressing diversity and inclusion.

The scholarship funding is provided with the specific intent of providing powerful and effective development opportunities for health care sector women but has to be allocated by the end of 2020.

Expressions of Interest 
Find out more and register your interest by completing the Expression of Interest form prior to 4th December.

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