Table 2:

Head Start Preparedness. Beliefs and Practices (N=31)

How comfortable are you providing guidance to parents about…. [Preparedness]
	Not at all	Somewhat		Very
Why children need healthy sleep	0	14 (45%)		17 (55%)
Best practices surrounding bedtime routines	0	12 (40%)		18 (60%)
Cultural values in sleep practices	5 (16%)	14 (45%)		12 (39%)
Methods to help children get to/stay asleep	2 (7%)	15 (50%)		13 (43%)
Indicate whether you believe that…. [Beliefs]	Agree	Disagree		Neither/DK
Sleep problems often interfere with children’s ability to learn	31 (100%)	0		0
Sleep problems interfere with my ability to teach	23 (79%)	2 (7%)		4 (14%)
Educating parents about healthy sleep patterns and routines should be part of staff training	30 (100%)	0		0
Counseling parents about behavioral sleep problems should be part of staff training	27 (90%)	0 (7%)		3 (10%)
Screening for sleep problems is an appropriate function of Head Start	20 (69%)	1 (3%)		8 (30%)
It is within my scope of work to counsel parents about child sleep	17 (59%)	5 (17%)		8 (24%)
How often have you…. [Practices]	Rarely/Never		Sometimes/Often
Asked parents about their child’s sleep patterns	12 (39%)		19 (61%)
Reported to parent that child often seems sleepy	10 (32%)		21 (68%)
Talked with parents about healthy sleep	13 (43%)		17 (57%)
Told parents about a child’s breathing during sleep	21 (70%)		9 (30%)
Reported napping issues to staff	17 (61%)		11 (39%)
Asked by parent to keep child up at naptime	17 (59%)		12 (41%)