MVLA Parent Education Speaker Series

Please join us for an evening with Dr. Rafael Pelayo.
Sleep:  Crucial Key to Wellness and Success
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 - 7:00 - 9:00pm

LAHS Eagle Theatre

201 Almond Avenue, Los Altos, CA

Why is sleep so essential to good health? What are signs of poor sleep and how can you address them?  Join us as Dr. Rafael Pelayo explores the crucial role sleep plays in healthy child and adolescent development and shares the latest research in sleep science at Stanford—where sleep medicine began.

Topics discussed will include:

·        Sleep, the brain, and the mental health connection

·        The underappreciated importance of sleep for children and teens

·        Impacts of prolonged sleep deficits on learning, behavior, and health

·        Signs of poor sleep and pediatric sleep disorders

·        The impact of technology use on sleep

·        Lack of sleep and driving safety

·        Sleep and school start time

·        Recommended sleep for elementary, middle and high school students

·        What you can do if you are concerned about your child’s or teen’s sleep habits

Dr. Rafael Pelayo is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine.  His clinical focus has been the treatment of sleep disorders in patients of all ages and he has served as chair of the Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board of the National Center for Sleep Disorders Research at the National Heart Lung Blood Institute at the National Institute of Health.  Dr. Pelayo has also chaired the pediatric special interest section of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.  Currently, he teaches the Stanford University Sleep and Dreams undergraduate course alongside Dr. William Dement.  Together, they co-authored the course textbook, Dement’s Sleep and Dreams, 2nd Edition.

Register for this free event athttps://mvla2018-19-rafaelpelayo.eventbrite.com.  

Spanish translation will be available.  Please indicate interest on Eventbrite when registering.

Sponsored by Los Altos Educational Foundation (LAEF), MVLA High School Foundation, Mountain View Educational Foundation (MVEF), and Los Altos-Mountain View PTA Council.