Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Student sleeps all day In my EBD room, I have a student who sleeps all day. He has a very rough home life ( mom on drugs and in and out of jail) and the father is in jail. I ask him why he is so tired and he just tells me that he stays up all night. From what I was told by other teachers, he runs the streets a lot and involved in some stuff with his mother. I am the co-teacher in the room and have spoke to the teacher about allowing him to sleep in the hallway (where two rooms connect by the bathroom) all day and not doing any work. I was told by the teacher that it is easier to allow him to sleep because if he is awake than he is disruptive. There is no talking to his mother because it has been done before and she does not care. How do I transition this student from sleeping at night and not during classroom time? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) This information might be helpful in an IEP meeting. There is no way to ensure the student will sleep at night rather than home but you can offer incentives for participation and make lessons relative and engaging to try and keep his attention. It might be good to offer snacks for energy or allow him to take a nap in your class after he eats lunch or during recess if he would like.