Joint Statement on Later School Start Times
The undersigned specialists in sleep medicine and professional health organizations in Minnesota collectively express our support for later school start times for adolescents.
The evidence is clear. Later school start times, in alignment with adolescence sleep schedules, show significant results for both individual students and the community at large:
- Improved driver safety.
- Improved alertness to facilitate peak academic performance.
- Reduced anxiety and depression.
- Less risk-taking behavior (i.e. drug and alcohol use, smoking)
- Less tardiness and school absences to foster improved opportunities for learning.
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Sleep Medicine SpecialistsTeresa Amble, PsyD, LP |
Health Professional OrganizationsMinnesota Academy of Family Pysicians Dave Bucher, MD – President Minnesota Academy of Physician Assistants Erin Rysavy, MPH, PA-C – President Robert K. Meiches, MD – Chief Executive Officer Dianne Willer-Sly, DNP, APRN – President Minnesota School Psychologist Association Sally Baas, PhD – President Julie Dahl, APRN, CNP – President NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Sue Abderholden, MPH – Executive Director School Nurse Organization of Minnesota Susan Nokleby, MS, RN – President Minnesota Society for Respiratory Care Colleen Reisdorf, RRT – President Paul W. Aasen – President National Organizations Calling for Later Start TimesAmerican Academy of Pediatrics American Academy of Sleep Medicine Education Committee of the States |