Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Identify what constitutes "normal, healthy and desirable" infant sleep
• When was the importance of local cultural influences values on infant and childhood sleep first discovered and by whom
• Describe the critical relationship between the cultural ideologies that underlie sleep practices and desired developmental outcomes
• What are the conventional western understandings of "Healthy, Normal" Infant and Childhood Sleep