Humans spend over a third of their lives asleep, yet millions of individuals obtain an insufficient amount of sleep on a daily basis. Moreover, with the invention of electrical lighting, humans have the ability to work and be awake late into the night when our internal body clocks are promoting sleep and inactivity. We are just now beginning to understand reasons why we need to sleep and both the long and short-term consequences of not getting enough sleep and doing wakefulness behaviors (i.e., activity, eating, etc.) at inappropriate biological times. This webinar will focus on several reasons why we need to sleep and perform activities at certain times of the day, common daily activities that unknowingly (or knowingly) disrupt our sleep and daily rhythms, and the consequences to both your personal and professional life of when you don’t get enough sleep and are awake at night.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the presentation, participants will be able to: (1) identify current thoughts in the field as to why sleep and daily rhythms are important; (2) recognize consequences of insufficient sleep and mistimed behaviors; (3) identify and plan for strategies to improve sleep.
For a complete description of the webinar, visit https://www.abainternational.org/constituents/practitioners/webinars/march-2021-webinar.aspx