What to Do When You Dread Your Bed

What to Do When You Dread Your Bed, Second Edition, is the new and updated edition of the best-selling workbook.  This interactive self-help guide uses evidence-based tools to help children and their parents address problems with sleep. The new edition tackles all the timeless problems like fears, busy brains, restless bodies, and overdependence on parents, while also addressing modern problems and situations. It’s the complete resource for giving kids the skills and motivation they need to fall asleep and stay asleep—like magic!

Dawn Huebner, PhD, worked for 38 years as a psychologist. She’s now a parent coach and the author of numerous self-help books for children, including What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety, Second Edition and What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger, Second Edition. Specializing in childhood anxiety, Dr. Huebner’s work has been translated into 25 languages, touching the lives of millions of children around the world. She lives in Sacramento, CA. Visit her onlineopens in new window or on Facebookopens in new window.

Katie Saunders loves creating quirky, cute characters and silly humor for children’s books. Working digitally since 2001 after leaving University with a degree in illustration, she mimics a hand-drawn feel with bold, patterns, and textures. And plenty of humor. Katie lives in Kent, South East England.
 

This approachable workbook for children who struggle with sleep is updated…black-and-white, cartoon-style illustrations are appealing and depict children from a variety of racial backgrounds and with differing abilities….this is a reassuring, practical guide for families struggling with common sleep issues.
—School Library Journal

Note to Parents and Caregivers

• Chapter 1: A Little Magic
• Chapter 2 : Important Numbers
• Chapter 3: The Set-Up
• Chapter 4: Patterns
• Chapter 5: When Fear Gets in the Way
• Chapter 6: On Your Own
• Chapter 7: Bad Guys and Monsters
• Chapter 8: Quiet Your Brain
• Chapter 9: Quiet Your Body
• Chapter 10: Nighttime Awakenings
• Chapter 11: Scary Dreams
• Chapter 12: Sleep Tight

About the Author, Illustrator, and Magination Press