Sleep Disorders in Children with Complex Neurodevelopmental Conditions: Clinical Phenotypes and Management

Sleep disorders are common among children and adolescents with complex neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, communication disorders, genetic syndromes, and epilepsy. In these populations, sleep problems may present differently because of differences in communication, cognition, sensory processing, motor function, seizure activity, medication use, and co-occurring medical conditions. They may also be difficult to recognise and manage in routine clinical practice.This Research Topic aims to advance the clinical understanding and management of sleep disorders in children with complex neurodevelopmental conditions. We particularly welcome research that characterises clinically meaningful sleep phenotypes, connects sleep findings with neurological and developmental outcomes, and evaluates practical management approaches for individual children and their families.We welcome Original Research, Reviews, Systematic Reviews, Case Reports, Clinical Trials, Study Protocols, Methods papers, Perspectives, and other relevant article types addressing, but not limited to:• Sleep phenotypes and developmental trajectories in autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, communication disorders, genetic syndromes, epilepsy, and related complex pediatric conditions• Clinical assessment and phenotyping of insomnia, sleep-disordered breathing, circadian sleep-wake disorders, parasomnias, hypersomnolence, restless sleep, and sleep-related movement symptoms• Use of polysomnography, actigraphy, EEG, caregiver reports, and other clinical measures when linked to diagnosis, treatment selection, or clinical monitoring• The relationship between sleep, seizures, antiepileptic medication, neurodevelopment, cognition, behaviour, and daytime functioning• Mechanisms that help explain clinically distinct sleep phenotypes or inform clinical management• Behavioural, pharmacological, respiratory, and multidisciplinary management strategies adapted to complex pediatric populations• Treatment response, adherence, tolerability, and longitudinal outcomes• Clinical pathways and coordinated care across pediatric sleep medicine, neurology, epilepsy, genetics, respiratory medicine, and allied health services• Effects of sleep assessment and management on the child’s functioning, development, quality of life, and family wellbeing Topic editors: Montida Veeravigrom, Leticia Azevedo Soster Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/85486/sleep-disorders-in-children-with-complex-neurodevelopmental-conditions-clinical-phenotypes-and-management