Table 3.

Potential Treatment Components Based on the Literature

Technique	Description
Unmodified extinction	Put child to bed at designated bedtime; ignore until morning while maintaining safety (goal: eliminate undesired behaviors, self-soothing, fall asleep alone)
Graduated extinction	Gradual progressive method similar to above
Positive routines Faded bedtime w/response cost	Set bedtime routine; enjoyable quite activities; temporarily delay bedtime to coincide with natural sleep onset and gradually make it earlier; take child out of bed for brief intervals if does not fall asleep
Scheduled awakenings	Provide pre-emptive awakenings prior to a typical spontaneous awakening and provide soothing responses.
Parent education/prevention	Parental education on preventing negative sleep behaviors