get both children and adolescents. Comic strip figure Garfield serves as “spokescat” for the “Star Sleeper” program of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (http://www.nhlbi .nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/). The National Sleep Foundation offers “Time to Sleep With P.J. Bear” (http: //www.sleepforkids.org/html/pjbear .html). The National Institutes of Health offers a 5-unit curriculum supplement for grades 9-12 titled Sleep, Sleep Disorders , and Biological Rhythms (http://osedev.od.nih.gov /supplements/nih3/sleep/default .htm). A Detroit program distributes sleep kits containing a sleeping bag, pillow, activity book, toothbrush, and other bedtime items to city children (http://sweetdreamzzzdetroit.org/). In Connecticut, sleep specialists have teamed up with local medical societies and the League of Women Voters to raise awareness of adolescent sleep needs.
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