Sleep and Attention • When you sleep your brain is being cleared of clutter you have accumulated during your waking hours. • Quantity of sleep (7-9 hours) is not enough. It is the amount of time you spend in deep sleep that counts and you can’t tell that from just looking at someone. • A Sleep Study is needed to accurately evaluate whether you or your child’s sleep is disturbed. • Even one night of poor sleep will degrade your processing and learning power.Like your computer, your processing speed and efficiency is degraded when your accumulate too much junk information. • Below are some links to resources that discuss this problem Impaired attention caused by sleep problems may be confused with ADHD - Adults & ADHD Sleep problems may be related to ADHD - Sleep Problems & ADHD Children’s sleep problems produce ADHD like symptoms of impaired attention, which negatively affects learning.- Kids' Poor Bedtime Habits May Bring ADHD Misdiagnosis