The Shocking Truth About Teen Sleep Deprivation

Are your students falling asleep in class? This groundbreaking conversation with sleep specialists Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright reveals the shocking truth: 95% of high school seniors are severely sleep deprived, and it's destroying their ability to learn.

What You'll Learn:
➡️Why teens biologically can't fall asleep before 11 PM (it's not rebellion!)
➡️How sleep deprivation creates difficult students and impacts classroom management
➡️The "perfect storm" destroying teen sleep: technology, homework overload, and early start times
➡️Practical teaching tips for educators working with sleep-deprived students
➡️Family strategies for parent involvement and home-school connection
➡️Why later school start times improve student participation and reduce behavioral issues

Chapters
0:00 Introduction & Expert Credentials
1:27 Meet the Sleep Specialists
5:16 The Teen Sleep Crisis: Shocking Statistics
7:29 Understanding Teen Brain Clocks & Biology
10:10 The Sleep Camp Studies: How Much Sleep Teens Actually Need
12:37 Sleep Discrimination & Mental Health Connection
14:06 Social Jet Lag Explained
16:26 REM Sleep & Why Teens Are "Missing Their Dreams"
18:32 The Missing Link: Technology's Real Impact on Sleep
20:06 Flow State & Gaming: Why Teens Lose Track of Time
23:41 Practical Screen Time Do's and Don'ts
30:18 Sleep-Friendly Schools: The Case for Later Start Times
34:21 Addressing School Concerns: Busing & Sports
37:01 Academic Overload: The Homework Crisis
42:24 The Parent Fade: Shifting to Consultant Role
44:36 FOND Families & Sleep-Forward Mentality
47:37 Five Habits of Happy Sleepers
48:21 Top Takeaways & Action Steps

• The Happy Sleeper, Now Say This, Generation Sleepless
• The Wright Mommy and Me
• Dr. Dan Siegel 
  • Parenting from the Inside Out
  • The Whole-Brain Child
• Hooga Red Sleep-Friendly Lights
• Start School Later
• The Self-Driven Child 
• Why We Sleep 

When teachers, coaches, administrators, and families grow together, they create schools where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged, supported, and ready to thrive.