Sleep 2008
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is a professional society dedicated to sleep medicine. As the leading voice in the field of sleep medicine, the AASM sets standards and promotes excellence in health care, education, and research. Each year, the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, a joint venture of the AASM and the Sleep Research Society, hosts the SLEEP Annual Meeting, which attracts the largest audience of sleep specialists in the nation and focuses solely on sleep medicine and sleep research. One aspect of this is the treatment of insomnia through behavioral medicine. This year, the AASM is launching a program to encourage interest and awareness in behavioral sleep medicine. To this end, 50 registration fee waivers for SLEEP 2008 will be given to interested members of the organizations listed below who are first-time attendees of SLEEP. A BSM Introductory Seminar has also been created and will be presented at the SLEEP 2008 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland in June. The organizations whose memberships are eligible for the fee waiver include:
- Society of Pediatric Psychology
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- American Academy of Physician Assistants
- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
- APA Health Psychology Division 38
- Society for Behavioral Medicine
As your organization is among the groups listed above, we were hoping you might be able to include information about this opportunity on your website or in a member list-serve of some sort. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I can be reached via email at CWinter-Rosenberg@aasmnet.org or by telephone at 708-492-0930. Additionally, I have attached the guidelines and application for the registration fee waiver. The deadline to apply is March 14, 2008. The guidelines and application are available online at http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/PDF/SLEEP2008BSMSeminar.pdf. More information regarding the SLEEP 2008 Annual Meeting maybe found at www.sleepmeeting.org.