Sarah Burkart, Center Scientist, is heading a pilot project with the goal of teaching parents how to implement and improve sleep routines for their preschool- and elementary school-aged children.

Burkart’s intervention is aiming to give parents infographics, short videos, and ideas for activities to add to their routine, with an emphasis on self-pacing. With parents’ busy schedules, thing like Zoom calls and face-to-face meetings can be difficult to attend on a regular basis. Burkart is instead focusing on giving the information through a texting-based method. This way, the intervention can easily fit within established family routines. The project starts in spring and will be expanded to include more schools in fall of 2024.

If you’d like to read more on Burkart’s pilot project, you can read the USC article here.